Download the applications here: Organization | Individual

Submit your nomination in the form below

The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) Cancer Committee has launched the CAFC Award for Firefighter Cancer Prevention. 

The Firefighter Cancer Prevention Award is an award made in honour of the late Mr. Graham Pawlett. Mr. Pawlett was a past president of the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association. He represented CVFSA on the CAFC’s National Advisory Council.

Mr. Pawlett challenged the CAFC to consider what can be done to help volunteer firefighters access firefighter cancer prevention information similar to their career firefighter counterparts.

The result was the Inaugural Firefighter Cancer Prevention Committee which Graham chaired and which included firefighter cancer prevention considerations relevant to all types of fire departments.

The Firefighter Cancer Prevention Award recognizes either an individual or an organization that has advanced firefighter cancer prevention. While the applications are different for individuals and organizations, all applications will be considered for the award. Depending on the number of submissions in each of the two streams, one award may be given for each stream.

The evaluation criteria may include: actual and/or potential impact of the work, how generalizable/applicable is the work, can it be scaled and spread, coherence of the plan/application, strength of case or rationale for the award.

It has also committed to identifying leading practices that are already in effect across the country and to facilitating the sharing of learnings.

There are two different forms, the instructions for which are similar, but the fields are different depending on if the application is for an organization, or an individual (researcher, administrator, Fire Chief, firefighter, etc).

Instructions:

1. Please answer each question on either of the relevant forms, taking care not to exceed 3 pages for all responses in Calibri 11-point font.
2. Type your response directly into the space given beside the question.
3. When completed, please save your submission on your desktop in the following format: OrganizationName_SubmitterLastName_SubmitterFirstName for an Organization and OganizationName_NomineeLastName_NomineeFirstName for an Individual. If you have more than one submission, put the number beside your organization’s name.
4. Please submit your application here: https://cafc.ca/page/Canceraward-2025. Please complete the online portion of the application and attach your Word file. You will receive confirmation upon submission once you click the red “Submit” button.
5. All submissions are due no later than August 8, 2025. Winners will be announced at Fire Rescue Canada 2025.

Download the applications here: Organization | Individual

Submit your nomination in the form below