With guidance from a team of scientists that included a University of Miami public health researcher, the World Health Organization’s cancer division reclassified firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogenic profession. There’s no question that becoming a firefighter is a dangerous job. But beyond the obvious perils of saving lives, research reveals that the profession also brings other risks with it.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

State employees in Colorado will now be able to receive paid administrative leave to respond to a fire as a volunteer firefighter or first responder. Gov. Jared Polis signed the executive order authorizing all state agencies and departments to provide up to five days of additional paid leave for these state employees on Wednesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver

Communication is key, especially in medical emergencies, but when a patient has a disability affecting their speech or can't communicate because of a sudden medical crisis, first responders have trouble finding out the best way to help the patient in need. The Peoria Area Speech-Language Hearing Association, or PASHA for short, is partnering with Advanced Medical Transport and the Peoria Area EMS to create more than 200 Augmentative and Alternative Communication Boards for emergency responders.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBU-FM 89.9 Peoria

VIDEO: A dog nicknamed Aquaman is lucky to be alive after being rescued by a good Samaritan and officials from the New York Fire Department when it was reportedly thrown off a bridge and into the Harlem River. The distressing incident occurred on Tuesday when Marine 4 from the New York Fire Department responded to a report of a dog that was in distress in the Harlem River after somebody reportedly threw the dog off of a bridge, the FDNY said in a post on social media.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

VIDEO: A three-alarm fire that damaged 12 apartment units and destroyed multiple cars Wednesday in Renton reignited early Thursday morning. Firefighters returned to the Fairwood Landing Apartments for a “working commercial fire” just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, Zone3 Fire REHAB tweeted. Smoke could still be seen coming from the roof around 5:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle