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We’re helping our friends at the @univmiami @fcifightscancer spread the word about a very specific research study focused on firefighters who have been diagnosed with colorectal or related cancers and received chemotherapy as part of their treatment. The study began after a University of Miami oncologist observed that firefighters in his practice who received chemotherapy for colorectal cancer appeared more likely to experience certain chemotherapy-related side effects. Researchers now want to determine whether this was limited to those individual cases or may represent a broader issue among firefighters—information that could ultimately help inform how firefighters with these cancers are treated. 🎯 The goal is to enroll 50 firefighters, but only 14 have enrolled so far. If you meet the criteria—or know a firefighter who may—please consider participating or sharing this information with them. Even if this study doesn’t apply to you personally, sharing it could help it reach a firefighter who qualifies. 📲 Scan the QR code in the graphic or access the study here: redcap.miami.edu/surveys/?s=… Research like this is another important step toward better understanding the unique health risks facing the fire service. Together we are Stronger 💪

🚨 New Online Training Course! 🚨 Yesterday, our newest online training course, “Cultural Awareness for First Responder Mental Wellness: A Clinician’s Guide,” officially went live! First responders face unique, cumulative stressors that can impact their mental health, relationships, and sense of self—often in ways that may be invisible to outsiders. This course is designed to help clinicians, wellness professionals, and support teams: 🔹 Understand the hidden costs of service 🔹 Recognize signs of burnout and occupational stress 🔹 Better understand the unique culture of first responders 🔹 Respond with strategies that honor the challenges of each responder group 🔹 Build meaningful cultural fluency that can make a difference for first responders and their families 💻 Access this course, along with many more FREE online training opportunities: firstrespondercenter.org/tra… Together we are Stronger 💪

🚒 Answer the Call. Join the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer. Every firefighter has a role to play in helping us better understand and reduce cancer in the fire service. The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer, administered by CDC/NIOSH, is open to ALL U.S. firefighters — career or volunteer, active or retired, with or without a cancer diagnosis. (CDC) 🔥 Why sign up? Your participation can help researchers: ✅ Better understand the connection between firefighting and cancer ✅ Identify occupational cancer risk factors ✅ Improve cancer prevention efforts ✅ Help protect current and future generations of firefighters You do NOT need to have cancer to participate. In fact, participation from firefighters both with and without a cancer diagnosis is critical to the research. (CDC) It only takes about 5–10 minutes to get started, and you can save your progress and come back to finish the full questionnaire later. (CDC) 📲 Join the NFR today: nfr.cdc.gov Your service has already made a difference. Your participation in the NFR can help make a difference for the firefighters who come after you. Together we are Stronger 💪

🇺🇸 America, you’ve been challenged. This year, as we mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, join us in honoring the 343 FDNY firefighters who climbed to save others and never came home. 🔥 Here’s how to join the #ForThe343 movement: 1️⃣ Visit ForThe343.org and tap “Climb One Flight Now” 2️⃣ Climb one flight of stairs — anywhere. At home, work, school, a park, stadium, gym, or firehouse. 3️⃣ Take a photo or video of your climb. 4️⃣ Share your tribute on social media. 5️⃣ Tag and challenge three people to climb, share, and challenge three more. Climb alone or bring your family, coworkers, department, team, or entire community. The First Responder Center for Excellence is proud to join our affiliate, @NFFF_News , in this national call to honor. Every person. Every flight. One promise: Never Forget. 🇺🇸 They climbed for us. Now America climbs for them. #ForThe343 #NeverForget #NFFF #FRCE Together we are Stronger 💪

🇺🇸 TOGETHER WE FINISH THEIR CLIMB 🇺🇸 For the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the @NFFF_News and the First Responder Center for Excellence are asking every American to climb one flight of stairs for the 343. On September 11, 2001, 343 FDNY firefighters climbed into the World Trade Center to save others. They climbed floor by floor, toward danger and into history. They never made it home. Now, we climb for them. ❤️ 🔥 CLIMB ONE FLIGHT 📸 SHARE YOUR TRIBUTE 👥 CHALLENGE 3 OTHERS Whether you climb at your firehouse, workplace, gym, home, or anywhere else with stairs, every flight counts. Visit ForThe343.org to participate, add your flight to the national total, and help us turn one flight into a national movement. They climbed for others. Now we climb for them. #ForThe343 #NeverForget #NFFF #FRCE Together we are Stronger 💪