The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer
The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer is the largest effort ever undertaken to understand and reduce risk of cancer among U.S. firefighters.
NIOSH is recruiting firefighters to join the NFR so that we can better understand the link between firefighting and cancer.
Firefighters are exposed to chemicals on the fireground that could increase their risk of developing cancer. There are many unanswered questions about how cancer risk may vary across our nation’s diverse fire service.
The NFR for Cancer is a registry to study cancer among firefighters.
All U.S. firefighters, with or without cancer, active, former, or retired, can join.
Having many types of firefighters (structural, wildland, and others) join is crucial to examining relationships between firefighter activities and cancer.
