Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study

A Multi-city National Research Effort

Established in July 2016, the FEMA-funded Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study (FFCCS) research project provides a national framework to collect and integrate firefighter epidemiologic surveys, biomarkers and exposure data focused on carcinogenic exposures and health effects. The long-term goal is to follow long-term 10,000 firefighters over a 30-year observation period. 

Partnership and Transdisciplinary Collaboration Among

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Fire Service Partners*

Arizona

• Tucson Airport Authority Fire Department

• Tucson Fire Department

• Helmet Peak Volunteer Fire Department  

• Elephant Head Volunteer Fire Department

California

• Orange County Fire Authority 

• San Diego Fire Department 

Florida

• Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

Maine

• Chelsea Fire Department

• Hallowell Fire Department 

• Monmouth Fire Department 

Maryland

• Anne Arundel County Fire Department

• Odenton Volunteer Fire Company  

• Ferndale Volunteer Fire Company

Massachusetts

• Boston Fire Department

New Jersey

• Middletown Fire Department

• North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 

• North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company No. 3

• Toms River Board of Fire Commissioners, District No. 1

• Toms River Fire Department 

• Totowa Fire Department 

Washington

• Tukwila Fire Department

• Elephant Head Volunteer Fire Department

• Eastside Fire Rescue 

 

Supporting Organizations

• Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Oversight and Protection Board

• Boston Firefighters Local 718

• International Association of Fire Chiefs/National Fire Protection Association/ Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association

• International Association of Fire Fighters

• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

• National Volunteer Fire Council

• Tucson Firefighters Association Local 479

• Firefighter Cancer Support Network

• IAFF Local 2878 

• The Wildfire Conservancy 

 

Research and Academic Institutions

• University of Miami

• University of Arizona

• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

• NFPA/ FPRF

• National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI)

• Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI)

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*We are in the process of requesting permission letters from all of the fire departments our team collaborates with.