-Created a poster with the slogan, “Prevent it ‘fore you get it!”
-Created a brochure to educate firefighters about minimizing the risk of cancer
-Created a website (https://cancerhalt.weebly.com/) with many resources available
-Gave material straps to Lubbock Fire Department stations across the city to collect contaminants and learn more about the elemental risks locally
-Presented information, distributed brochures and hung posters in the following stations:
-Woodrow Volunteer Fire Station
-Fire Station 1
-Fire Station 2
-Fire Station 4
-Fire Station 7
-Fire Station 8
-Fire Station 19
-West Carlisle Volunteer Fire Station
-Shallowater Volunteer Fire Station
-New Home Volunteer Fire Department
-Slaton Volunteer Fire Department
-Whiteface Volunteer Fire Department
-Smyer Volunteer Fire Department
-Morton Volunteer Fire Department
-Morton Municipal Fire Department
-Sundown Volunteer Fire Department
-Idalou Volunteer Fire Department
-Causey Volunteer Fire Department
-Dora Volunteer Fire Department
-Pep Volunteer Fire Department
-Ropesville Volunteer Fire Department
-Partnered with Joseph Wallace, President of Last Line of Cancer Defense (LLOCD)
-Political initiative to require insurance companies cover retired firefighters diagnosed with cancer
-Community awareness of the need for two sets of bunker gear per person
-Fundraisers and grant applications to raise money for volunteer departments
-Learned from and told 2 oncologists about our project
-Created a survey for firefighters (received over 100 responses)
-Josiah presented information at the National Firefighter Cancer Symposium 2020 in Florida
-Talking to the TTU Geosciences department about this issue
-Featured in local newsletters and in the media
-Poster presentation alongside graduate students in the Geosciences Department
-Created a brochure to educate firefighters about minimizing the risk of cancer
-Created a website (https://cancerhalt.weebly.com/) with many resources available
-Gave material straps to Lubbock Fire Department stations across the city to collect contaminants and learn more about the elemental risks locally
-Presented information, distributed brochures and hung posters in the following stations:
-Woodrow Volunteer Fire Station
-Fire Station 1
-Fire Station 2
-Fire Station 4
-Fire Station 7
-Fire Station 8
-Fire Station 19
-West Carlisle Volunteer Fire Station
-Shallowater Volunteer Fire Station
-New Home Volunteer Fire Department
-Slaton Volunteer Fire Department
-Whiteface Volunteer Fire Department
-Smyer Volunteer Fire Department
-Morton Volunteer Fire Department
-Morton Municipal Fire Department
-Sundown Volunteer Fire Department
-Idalou Volunteer Fire Department
-Causey Volunteer Fire Department
-Dora Volunteer Fire Department
-Pep Volunteer Fire Department
-Ropesville Volunteer Fire Department
-Partnered with Joseph Wallace, President of Last Line of Cancer Defense (LLOCD)
-Political initiative to require insurance companies cover retired firefighters diagnosed with cancer
-Community awareness of the need for two sets of bunker gear per person
-Fundraisers and grant applications to raise money for volunteer departments
-Learned from and told 2 oncologists about our project
-Created a survey for firefighters (received over 100 responses)
-Josiah presented information at the National Firefighter Cancer Symposium 2020 in Florida
-Talking to the TTU Geosciences department about this issue
-Featured in local newsletters and in the media
-Poster presentation alongside graduate students in the Geosciences Department