Healthy In - Healthy Out

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Best practices for Reducing Fire fighter Risk of Exposures to Carcinogens

Mission Statement:
The goal of this best practices manual is to encourage safe and healthy practices from the first day as a firefighter to retirement. A career in the Fire service exposes firefighters to deadly carcinogens at every fire. This manual identifies the best practices that reduce Fire Fighter's risk of exposure to carcinogens.

Cancer may never be eliminated from the fire service, but steps must be taken to reduce the number of firefighters being diagnosed and dying every year. Common sense practices, equipment and guidelines are all components of these best practices.

Funding and support for this project has been provided by the State of Washington, Department of Labor & Industries, Safety & Health Investment Projects.

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Healthy In, Healthy Out is a publication of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters. If you want copies of the brochure, available in both English and Spanish, or have questions about the project, please contact us:
360-943-3030
Email: info@wscff.org

or hiho@wscff.org

Firefighter Injury and Illness Reduction

The FIIRE Program is a safety initiative for employers of professional firefighters. The goal is to reduce incidence of firefighter occupational injuries and illnesses through proactive risk management and implementation of best practices according to RCW 51.04.170. L&I partnered with representatives from the Washington Fire Chiefs (WFC) and the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters (WSCFF) to develop the Firefighter Injury and Illness Reduction (FIIRE) Program.

Gross Decontamination Bucket

Gross Decontamination Begins at the Fire Scene Studies have shown that the products of combustion contain contaminants known to cause cancer in Humans.

CardioChemRisksModernFF_InterimReport2016.pdf

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Bucket price list.doc

Healthy in - Healthy out

Cancer rates in the fire service are reaching epidemic levels. The following Best Practices have been identified to help reduce exposures to carcinogens. These are simple, cost-effective methods that fire fighters can implement now to reduce the risk of contracting cancer. This video identifies operational areas. For further information, see and request the full publication at wscff.org.

Hot water retro-fit

Kent RFA Fire Garage designed and retro-fitted pump panel to give a constant flow of 94 to 104 degree water for gross decontamination at the fire scene. This was accomplished by teeing off of the pump intercooler line that runs behind the pump panel and installing a quick-connect coupling.

Healthy in-Healthy out Slide Show

On April 20th, Beth Gallup, Bob Dirham and Bill Hoover debuted the Healthy in Healthy Out Presentation at the 2016 WSCFF Spring Ed seminar in Spokane, WA. Below is a link to the presentatin to download and review. For questions or materials, please contact us through the links above.

The story behind Healthy in- Healthy out

When Captain Beth Gallup of Kent Fire RFA applied for a Safety and Health Improvement Program (SHIP) Grant from Washington State labor and Industries in 2014 she had a vision for the Fire Service of the future.

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