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:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Cancer Registries Emergency Responders Fire Fighters Fire Fighting Information Dissemination Surveillance
• Series:
  NIOSH Infographic
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Flyer ; Infographic
• 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: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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:afbc5ecc5c5d5c9011be6b0144c075cdde16846e8e958d2121866999fe4c130c3264bab71d5ece0c15b91f8cd63cbd932624c3758e60683cf55b23cde0205a6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255386/cdc_255386_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 346.22 KB ]