National Firefighter Registry: Understanding and Reducing Cancer

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This document is outdated has been withdrawn. The latest information can be found here. What is the National Firefighter Registry? The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) is a voluntary registry of firefighters that is designed to help us better understand cancer in the U.S. fire service. Congress mandated the NFR's creation through the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is leading this effort with input from the scientific and firefighting communities. "Our goal is to better understand the link between workplace exposures and cancer among firefighters." How will the NFR benefit firefighters? Past studies show that firefighters have increased rates of certain cancers. However, these studies have not determined: 1) Cancer rates among volunteer, female, or minority firefighters; or among sub-specialties, such as fire instructors; 2) How different exposures affect cancer rates; 3) If certain groups of firefighters have higher rates of cancer based on types and level of exposure, geography, sex, or other traits; 4) If certain protective measures are associated with reduced rates of cancer. Our ultimate goal is to identify ways to reduce cancer rates among firefighters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Carcinogens Environmental Exposure Firefighters Fires Hazardous Substances Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Fire fighters; Fire fighting; Cancer; Hazardous materials; Employee exposure; Disease prevention; Cancer registries; Cancer rates; Surveillance; Surveillance programs; Protective measures; Exposure levels; Health surveys
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2021-115, 2021 May; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2021115
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062648
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100472
• Email:
  NFRegistry@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a4b4b9bc5c3d46fa69c01de498291c648b09b4a23ec77753186c8ab06931a9b64fb44ae8a8e03ea1434990437b65e0720e3b6ecb02f02eb7ae014995d7c1e8c0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106115/cdc_106115_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.81 MB ]