Ryan Fish is KGUN 9's Midtown and Downtown Tucson reporter. Send your story ideas to Ryan at [email protected].
Last year, the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for firefighters was not fires.It was cancer, specifically cancers linked to the dangers of the job. That’s according to the International Association of Fire Fighters.For firefighters, the lingering effects of a fire can be even more dangerous than the actual flames or smoke.TFD firefighter Stuart Sherman and hundreds of other firefighters are taking part in studies with the University of Arizona to measure their exposure to toxic chemicals.
“And we go the other way now, where we come out of a fire and we spray ourselves off with a hose and some dish soap.”The wash-down procedure is only one of the changes when it comes to handling firefighter gear, or “turnouts.”“Guys used to bring their gear and they’d put it right next to their bed and they’d sleep right next to their gear as it’s off-gassing right after a fire,” said Sherman. “And that was one of the most harmful things, where we were getting a lot of exposure.
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