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Building out the Firefighter Cancer Awareness, Prevention, and Access to Care Puzzle

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Building out the Firefighter Cancer Awareness, Prevention, and Access to Care Puzzle

December 7 - 8, 2023

Workshop Recordings

Bill C-224, A National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting received royal assent on June 22, 2023. The Bill’s enactment provides for the development of a national framework designed to raise awareness of cancers linked to firefighting with the goal of improving access for firefighters to cancer prevention and treatment.

The Minister of Health is now tasked with developing a framework for firefighter cancer that is to be delivered in Parliament in 2024. To support this Framework, Health Canada launched an engagement process with various stakeholders to inform the development of a National Framework.

To help inform this framework and share knowledge, members of the fire service and policy leaders were invited to partake in one or more of this series of 5 virtual workshops. The sessions were recorded and are available for viewing below (click on the titles to view).

View the subsequent report from the workshop, Towards a National Firefighter Cancer Framework: Building out the Awareness, Prevention, and Access to Care Puzzle here.

December 7, 11:00 - 12:30 EST	Introductions, Intentions, and Lived Experience View the recording here. CAFC • Health Canada Welcome: Chief Ken McMullen, CAFC President, Red Deer Fire Department, AB Access Biography Graham Pawlett, Past President, Volunteer Firefighters of Canada, BC Access Biography Sherry Romanado, MP, Parliamentary Secretary Access Biography Rob Schweitzer, Executive Director, BC Wildfire, BC Access Biography Matthew Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada Access Biography Panel discussion on Firefighter lived experience What was the experience Where are the gaps What are the recommendations/wish list Panelists: Captain Jenn Dawkins, Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, BC Access Biography Chief (Retired) John Fredericks, City of Yellowknife Fire Division, NWT Access Biography Captain Mary Fischer, Calgary Fire Department, AB Access Biography Captain (Retired) Leah Kosolofski, Winnipeg Airport Emergency Services, MB Access Biography Jim O'Toole, St. John's Regional Fire Department, NL Access Biography
December 7, 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST	Taking Care of Our Own: Fire Department, Wildland Agency and Firefighting School Perspectives with Firefighter Cancer View the recording here. What does the IARC report (finding that firefighting is a top tier carcinogenic profession) mean to a fire department? What type of standard operating procedures exist? Which are needed? Where are the gaps? How do you work with firefighters and their families when there is a firefighter cancer diagnosis? What happens if a province or territory has no coverage for a particular cancer? What does the research process mean to a fire department and what are your expectations? How do you work with industry? Panelists: Troy Adams, Director, New Brunswick Wildfire Management, NB Access Biography Deputy Chief Nina McCarthy, Fredericton Fire Department, NB Access Biography Shawn McKerry, Dean, Emergency Training Centre, Lakeland College, AB Access Biography Chief Larry Thomas, Surrey Fire Services, BC Access Biography Chief Blaine Wiggins, Sr. Director, National Indigenous Fire Safety Council Access Biography Moderator: Chief Richard Amnotte, Directeur adjoint et Coordonnateur adjoint à la sécurité civile, QC Access Biography
December 8, 11:00 - 12:00 EST	Firefighter Gear: Working With Industry and Standards View the recording here. What is the gear? What are the standards? How does cleaning take place? What are the implications of old gear? What are the implications of PFAS in gear? How is it stored? How should it be stored? What should firefighters be concerned about today? What are the implication of PFAS for the fire service? What new gear is required? Panelists: Robert Hosselet, Distribution Sales Manager, LION Americas - Canada Access Biography Dr. Richard Kesler, MSc, PhD, UL Research Institutes Access Biography Heather Simpson, PhD, Fire Science Manager, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) Access Biography Jeffrey O. Stull, President, International Personnel Protection, Inc. Access Biography Moderator: Chief Greg Jones, Amherst Fire Department, NS Access Biography
December 8, 12:30 - 1:30 EST	Provinces, Prevention, Payers, Presumption View the recording here. What is the variation in firefighter cancer coverage across the country? Why? What are some of the challenges and opportunities? What are worker's compensation boards doing to help reduce firefighter cancer? What are the costs of firefighter cancer? What prevention programs are in place? What are the barriers to prevention? What is on your prevention wishlist? What is the role of the province? What is the cost of firefighter cancer? What are the challenges with workers compensation? What are the challenges in advancing presumptive legislation across the provinces? Panelists: Chief Cameron (Cam) Abrey, ECFO, CCFI-C, Dauphin Fire Department, MB, President, Manitoba Association of Fire Chiefs Access Biography Michelle Capobianco, President and CEO, Pancreatic Cancer North America Access Biography Dr. Joel Moody, Chief Prevention Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister for the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development, ON Access Biography Dr. Ken Kunz, MD, PhD, Medical Oncology / Cancer Pharmacology, BC Access Biography Moderator: Chief Keven Lefebvre, Leduc County Fire Services, AB Access Biography
December 8, 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST	How to Talk to the Doc: From MDs to Researchers on Firefighter Cancer View the recording here. How do we influence physician awareness of firefighter cancer? What do physicians need in order to recognize firefighter cancer as distinct? What tools have already been developed to facilitate discussion with physicians for firefighters? What are the benefits and challenges of working with researchers? What health surveillance tools are available for firefighters? What can we do to legitimize cancer screening for firefighters across all jurisdictions? What do MD's need to act? Panelists: Dr. Fei Fei Liu, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Institute of Cancer Research Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), ON Access Biography Dr. Ken Kunz, MD, PhD, Medical Oncology / Cancer Pharmacology, BC Access Biography Dr. Jim Petrik, MSc, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph Eramosa Fire Department, ON Access Biography Moderator: Tina Saryeddine, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Access Biography

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