1.7K views · 22 reactions | Firefighters, honor your brothers and sisters this Workers’ Memorial Day. Join the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer. Thanks to Victor Stagnaro from National Fallen Firefighters Foundation for supporting the NFR. Join today: NFR.CDC.GOV | NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | Facebook

A groundbreaking cancer research study is underway, focusing on firefighters who battled the Palisades and Eaton fires. This first-of-its-kind initiative — led by Cal Fire, the University of Arizona, the Wildfire Conservancy, and the National Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study — aims to track how exposure during wildland and urban interface fires increases cancer risk. Key Points: * Firefighting is now officially recognized as a carcinogenic profession * The long-term study is analyzing 800,000 bio