Stand Together: Join the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer [palm card]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  NFR Palm Card
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This palm card provides information about the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer, the largest existing effort undertaken to understand and reduce cancer among U.S. firefighters. ; The more firefighters that join the NFR, the more questions we can answer about firefighting and cancer. All firefighters can join – paid or volunteer, active or retired, with or without cancer. ; By joining the NFR, you can: Help protect your brothers and sisters in the fire service from developing cancer; Help lessen the impact of cancer on firefighters’ families and friends; Pave the way for new health and safety measures to keep the next generation of firefighters safe; and, Improve understanding of cancer risk among minority, female, and volunteer firefighters, as well as groups like wildland firefighters.
• Subjects:
  • Firefighters
  • Fires
  • Emergency Responders
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services
  • Neoplasms
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Risk Assessment
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Emergency responders
  • Fire fighters
  • Fire fighting
  • Information dissemination
  • Cancer registries
  • Surveillance
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications ; NIOSH Infographics
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• 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:na
• Citation:
  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. 2023-110 (Revised 02/2024), 2024 Feb; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255386/cdc_255386_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 346.22 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:afbc5ecc5c5d5c9011be6b0144c075cdde16846e8e958d2121866999fe4c130c3264bab71d5ece0c15b91f8cd63cbd932624c3758e60683cf55b23cde0205a6f