What's Inside The Wildland Firefighter Health And Safety Act? [011]

In this episode of the Rugged Athlete Podcast I go through all 50 pages of the proposed Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act.

This bill addresses many important topics such as respiratory protection, cancer screening and prevention, behavioral health support, research priorities, and funding allocations to the tune of $305 million between FY 2027 and 2032.

In the episode I mentioned several relevant studies that have been carried out by the Wildfire Conservancy. Below are links to check those out:

Clean Cab Protocol: https://wildfireconservancy.org/clean-cab

Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study: https://wildfireconservancy.org/cancer-study

Reducing Dermal Exposure: https://wildfireconservancy.org/skin-exposure

You can also tap the link below to sign up for the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer: https://www.firefightercancersupport.org/national-firefighter-registry

If you want to check out the entire 50 page bill for yourself you can do so here: https://dexter.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/dexter.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/dexter_112_xml.pdf

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