Firefighters

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, claims firefighters have gotten sick from the PFAS chemicals used to keep their gear fire retardant — and that manufacturing companies, including 3M and DuPont, knew that the materials were dangerous and did not warn users.

The new law will give firefighters a rebuttable presumption, meaning if they get cancer, doctors and insurance companies will assume it was caused by dangerous working conditions.

The Firefighter Cancer Registry will receive $5.5 million in funding to track firefighters’ cancer rates and improve workplace safety.

The City of Bridgeport and its firefighters have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Dave Altimari to discuss his article written with Andrew Brown and Katy Golvala, “Overdue fire inspections: Waterbury fatal blazes highlight statewide problem,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has introduced a bill that would ban the use of firefighting foam that contains cancer-causing PFAS…

New Haven’s firefighters have filed a lawsuit against the union that represents firefighters in Connecticut.Local 825 is New Haven’s firefighting union…

Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is calling for the creation of a national firefighter cancer registry. Schumer says as more chemicals are used in…