🔥🚒 Week 3 of #FFCAM: Lifestyle & Wellness
This week’s focus is on lifestyle and wellness choices to help #firefighters reduce cancer risks, on & off duty:
🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition
💤 Sleep & Cancer Prevention
🏋️♂️ Total Wellness
🔥 "We lose our lives because of the job-related exposures endured by firefighters; at least now there is some financial protection for our family," said @iaffpresident in a recent interview about the #HonorAct.
Watch the full interview ⬇️
🚨🔥 Big News for New Jersey Fire Fighters
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation to strengthen workplace protections for #firefighters, emergency medical workers, and other first responders seeking treatment for PTSD.
Learn more ⬇️
🎗️ #FireFighterCancerAwarenessMonth 🔥
Cancer is one of the biggest threats facing #firefighters.
The IAFF & the @AmericanCancer Society have teamed up to deliver resources on prevention, early detection & support for fire fighters.
Learn more ⬇️
🔥 One year after the Pacific Palisades fire, #wildfires continue to threaten communities.
The #IAFF is backing the bipartisan Wildfire Preparedness and Response Act to boost training, coordination, & cut red tape that slows emergency wildfire response.
The IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery is a one-of-a-kind addiction treatment facility specializing in PTSD for IAFF members – and IAFF members only – who are struggling with addiction, PTSD other related behavioral health challenges to receive the help they need in taking the first steps toward recovery. It is a safe haven for members to talk with other members who have faced or overcome similar challenges.