{"id":114529,"date":"2024-01-12T06:35:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=114529"},"modified":"2024-01-12T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T21:09:24","slug":"laco-supervisors-proclaim-january-as-firefighter-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2024\/01\/12\/laco-supervisors-proclaim-january-as-firefighter-cancer-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"LACo Supervisors proclaim January as Firefighter Cancer Awareness month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_114530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114530\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firefighter-cancer-awareness-month.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114530\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firefighter-cancer-awareness-month.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firefighter-cancer-awareness-month.jpg 900w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firefighter-cancer-awareness-month-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firefighter-cancer-awareness-month-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Image via Supervisor Kathryn Barger.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week unanimously approved <a href=\"https:\/\/file.lacounty.gov\/SDSInter\/bos\/supdocs\/187506.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a motion<\/a> introduced by Supervisor <strong>Kathryn Barger<\/strong> and co-authored by Supervisor <strong>Janice Hahn<\/strong> proclaiming January as <em>Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month<\/em> in L.A. County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirefighter cancer is the leading cause of line of duty deaths in the fire service,\u201d according to <strong>Bryan Frieders<\/strong>, President of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network. \u201cThis motion will help promote the necessary tools and guidance to develop life saving protocols for cancer prevention and support to firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The motion was catalyzed by research that shows firefighters are more likely to be diagnosed with certain types of cancer than the general public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring the health and well-being of our County\u2019s firefighters is critical to keeping them and our communities safe,\u201d Barger said. \u201cThe heart of this motion is about reducing cancer among firefighters by delivering targeted education and extending support to those navigating a cancer diagnosis. I\u2019m hopeful firefighting agencies across our County will join this month-long campaign to focus on prevention and mitigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile firefighters are at work saving lives, they\u2019re exposed to hazardous materials that put their own long-term health on the line,\u201d Hahn said. \u201cWe can\u2019t forget about the wellbeing of our brave men and women who respond to fires and natural disasters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn proclaiming January as Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month in L.A. County. \u201cFirefighter cancer is the leading cause of line of duty deaths in the fire service,\u201d according to Bryan Frieders, President of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114532,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114529\/revisions\/114532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}