Educational Resources
Firehouse Magazine Supplement: Cancer Awareness & Prevention
Responder Help from VFIS: Latest resources for Fire, EMS, and First Responders
Resource Database of All Things Cancer in the Fire Service
VCOS and NVFC Lavender Ribbon Report: Best Practices for Preventing Firefighter Cancer
Digital Copy of Lavender Ribbon Report
Healthy In Healthy Out: Manual created by the Washington State Council of Firefighters. The material was created to encourage safe and healthy practices from the firefighters first day to retirement. For more information on Healthy In, Healthy Out, please contact Bob Dirham: hiho@wscff.org
Digital Copy of Healthy In, Healthy Out
Firefighter Cancer Consultants: Established in 2014, they assist fire departments throughout the country with their Firefighter Cancer Awareness, Prevention, and Support programs.
www.FirefighterCancerConsultants.com
Firefighter Cancer Support Network: Their mission is simple. They help fire/EMS members and their families cope with cancer and to provide occupational-cancer awareness and prevention training nationwide.
www.firefightercancersupport.org
Product Partner Contact Information
Responder Wipes: Responder Wipes are developed by a firefighter for firefighters to provide on scene decontamination. They are uniquely formulated with Micellar Water, an innovative ingredient with cleansing compounds that dissolves dirt, oil, soot, and other hydrocarbons.
Last Line of Cancer Defense: Started by Founder and Firefighter Joseph Wallace, LLOCD works hard to provide the best cancer prevention products to the fire service.
Solutions Safety / CitroSqueeze: For over 20 years, Solutions Safety has proudly delivered the Fire Service industry with CitroSqueeze, today's most widely-used Turnout, Bunker Gear, and PPE cleaner in North America. It's unique ability to safely remove hydrocarbons from sensitive fabrics and surfaces with no adverse effects to the underlying material has made it a powerful tool in many industries that rely on the performance, longevity and health of the personal protective equipment (PPE) that protects their most valuable assets.
Firewipes: They are committed to providing the highest level of quality products that are specifically formulated and designed to aid in the removal of potential carcinogenic contaminants from exposure to hazardous environments.
Firefighter Cancer Consultants: Established in 2014, they assist fire departments throughout the country with their Firefighter Cancer Awareness, Prevention, and Support programs.
www.FirefighterCancerConsultants.com
Fire Soaps: Fire Soaps, a part of Defensive Solutions Corp., is a line of detergents that effectively and safely clean bunker gear. All of their products are easy to use, Eco-Friendly and surpass all NFPA 1851 requirements
regarding cleaning detergents.
New Product Partner Opportunities on the Horizon: We are always looking to expand out our monthly product donations to include additional decontamination supplies. If you are interested in joining our product partner family, please use the Contact Us section. Thank you for your interest in helping us improve the lives of firefighters.
Contact Us about a New Partnership today.
Product Resources
GEARsafe by 1st in Emergency Products: GEARsafe is a filtered compartment that will assist with transporting gear from the fire scene back to the station for decontamination based on NFPA 1851 guidelines. They are committed to donating $100 on ever GEARsafe sold to the Carney Strong Initiative.
First Forward: A free product of Envisage Technologies, they provide online training tools as well as individualized exposure tracking.
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