Patient care puts first responders at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. A new NIOSH document provides practical recommendations aimed at protecting first responders, including reporting your exposures through a program like PER.
Assembly Bill 2253, the William Dallas Jones Memorial Cancer Presumption Act of 2010, has made some major strides in the past week. The bill was removed from Assembly fiscal committee’s suspense file and yesterday, was approved by the full Assembly with significant bi-partisan support in a vote of 66-4. This CPF-sponsored legislation would protect firefighters' cancer presumption for up to 10 years after retirement.
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If you were faced with an emergency, would help be just around the corner, or responding to a more urgent call? That's the dilemma facing the Fresno City Fire Department because of budget cuts. Crews are now responding to fewer medical calls in order to get to more fires.
Firefighter-friendly candidates continued to find support among voters in this year’s primary contests for the Legislature and constitutional offices. CPF-backed candidates won in all but two constitutional races, and in 95% of legislative contests.