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Pennsylvania fire department accepts award for NFPA 1582 compliance
Department Awarded for Keeping Firefighters Safe & Healthy On Tuesday, June 27, Tom Piocquidio, Worksite Medical’s vice president of sales, presented the North Hampton Fire Department with a...
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Breaking Down Requirements for NFPA 1582
Firefighters face extreme physical demands on the job. In fact, the biggest danger to these workers is not their safety, but their health. Those demands leave firefighters susceptible to developing...
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Cancer Leading Cause of Death in Firefighters
Firefighter Cancer Rates Higher Than in General Population In 2016, the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) released findings from a study of cancer among U.S....
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NFPA Aims to Keep Firefighters Safe with Standard 1582
Dangers Away From the Flames On Feb. 8, 2017, Illinois firefighter John “Mike” Cummins, of Homer FD, passed out at the wheel while driving home from the station. His passenger, fellow firefighter...
View ArticleThree ways to build a firefighter health fund
“Approximately 73 percent of fire departments go without a program to maintain basic firefighter fitness and health.” Every fire chief wants to comply with NFPA 1582. However, it’s not cheap to...
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