NFR
Joining the NFR involves logging onto a secure website to complete a survey that takes about 30 minutes. This will allow NIOSH to match your information with state cancer registries and study the relationship between firefighting and cancer outcomes.
Joining the NFR consists of completing a survey and about one follow-up questionnaire each year.
Privacy and data security are top priorities for the NFR. Firefighters join through a secure website using multi-factor authentication, and data are stored securely with multiple layers of encryption.
BENEFITS TO JOINING When you join, you: • Help protect your brothers and sisters in the fire service from developing cancer • Help lessen the impact of cancer on firefighters’ families and friends • Pave the way for new health and safety measures to keep the next generation of firefighters safe • Improve understanding of cancer risk among minority, female, and volunteer firefighters, as well as groups like wildland firefighters.
​​​The Texas Firefighter Cancer Study
They are looking for 50 active Firefighters and 25 retirees Volunteers who will be compensated 3 times with $50 gift cards within 18 months totaling $150.00 for samples. You can find their booth at the Fair to get signed up. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Active Firefighters: No chronic conditions and no firefighting in the last 48 hours prior to sampling and Retired Firefighters: Minimum 15 years of service. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: All: Daily inhaler users, anyone who ate or used mouthwash within 30 minutes of sampling. Active-duty only: those taking prescription medications (e.g., nasal spray, antibiotics).
STBTC Blood Bank Bus
Register for an appointment. Donors will receive a FREE long-sleeve shirt!
Screenings
(UDS, EsoGuard, Onetest, Cancer Guard, Viascan)
