Cancer Prevention

Photo courtesy of the Tucson Fire Department
For the Tucson, AZ, Fire Department, cancer prevention begins on scene. After the fire is knocked down, Preliminary Exposure Reduction (PER) practices are activated. These include firefighters wiping down exposed skin using department-issued cleansing wipes and PPE being doffed carefully and sealed in vapor-resistant bags and quarantined to contain any off-gassing toxins.
Vera Wuerfel tells how the Tucson, AZ, Fire Department ensures that its chiefs, officers and firefighters are screened for cancer annually and works at Preliminary Exposure Reduction...
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Photo by Glen E. Ellman
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