We ask the families of our firefighters to carry an almost unbearable burden.

The fire pager goes off. Their loved one rushes into the night. A part of them is used to it. A part of them never could be.

Deep down, they know it might be the last time they ever see them.

There’s only so much that can be done to mitigate the most dramatic risks involved with running into a burning building to save someone’s life. We can, however, do something about the most insidious, lethal threat that our volunteers face: cancer.

Studies have shown that testicular cancer rates are twice as high for firefighters, and 50% higher for lymphoma and myeloma. The CDC reports that firefighters are 14% more likely to die of cancer than the general........

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