Contaminants, the dangers they pose and what firefighters can do to protect themselves is the key theme of the latest issue of Firefighter magazine. FBU national officer Sean Starbuck reports on an international conference convened to tackle the issue of firefighters being exposed to cancer-causing contaminants and we hear from firefighters who have had first-hand experience of the disease. As our cover star Steven Burns, a Hampshire firefighter, says "decontaminate after every shout".
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