January dedicated as firefighter cancer month

VIDEO: “Firefighters have a nine percent greater chance of getting cancer than the general public, but we have a fourteen percent chance of dying from it than the general public,” said Joe Schumacher, COO of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network.
The Firefighter Cancer Support Network was created to help bring down that statistic and educate firefighters on protecting themselves from this disease.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAV-TV CBS 19 Charlotte