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A NATIONWIDE programme of health monitoring for firefighters is being launched because of the high number of early deaths workers suffer from cancer and heart disease.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said that firefighters’ health is not monitored by fire services despite recent new evidence linking the job to significant incidences of cancer and cardiac disease.
The programme is being launched by the union today in Greater Manchester and will be led by a world expert in fire toxicity, Professor Anna Stec of the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
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Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
