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Blogger: Suzette Martinez Standring
Features firefighters' experiences with cancer, and their hard won lessons. Learn about the power of early cancer detection and the miraculous advances of science.

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APR
2025
9 APR, 2025

Lt. Fire Inspector Chris Wyman and the late Ret. Lt. Jessica L. Wyman were husband and wife, career firefighters, and soulmates. It was his unbearable loss when Jessica passed away from occupational lung cancer. She was the first female firefighter to be promoted to lieutenant of the Nashua (NH) fire department. Chris, Lieutenant/Fire Inspector for the Merrimack, NH Fire Department, tells her story. By Suzette Martinez Standring


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APR
2025
2 APR, 2025

Firefighters! Document occupational cancer risk. now, even if there is no illness at this time. Fill out a Workers Compensation form and put it in your personnel file through Human Resources to protect future medical or Line of Duty Death benefits. Lt. and Fire Inspector Christopher Wyman of NH gives details.