Occupational heath that studies where berkley with the collaboration with silence spring and Breast Cancer awareness weve begun to g understand what the data is telling us and Great Institution like benchmarking and ucsf can continue to tell us more and more things. The data is telling us it that long after those hoefk acts are done the firefighters are in dangerous situations because the poisons in their skin and loungz lungs and rest of the parts of their body. As we said this well recognize as a city weve got to take care of our firefighters as well. I do know that the firefighters standing behind me are not only proud of their work and the lives they lead they want to live long lives and they deserve it it. So ill breaking with a practice ive had for many years i generally dont monopolies my legislation that the board will introduce but i know that before president chiu has the same goals and ill simply announce ill be joining the board of supervisors in elective to recognize those
Firefighters will not go quietly aefrm we lost a firefighter men and women well make every effort to let the city and country know that a he or she has passed serving others. Again, thank you for coming and now chief joanne will introduce mayor ed lee clapping. good morning and thank you to tom o customer local 78 and to the Cancer Prevention fountains were pursuing proud to raise awareness and address this important issue an issue that disproportionately facts our folks. But not only are our active but retired members and it includes the families we want to raise awareness and get the word outline were concerned and do all we can it protect our members who put their lives on the line everyday for city and county of San Francisco. Now i will introduce a big supporter of the fire service and Fire Department thats a privilege to introduce our 43 read mayor mayor ed lee clapping. thank you, chief. Good morning, everyone well, to city hall. First of all, i want to thank the chief for the i
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming im tom oconnor im a San Francisco firefighter im a member of the Cancer Prevention center today, we stand before a memorial to honor the firefighters who have died in hospitals and hospice today, we staples before a sea of by boats to honor those folks a number that is growing every year. Every time firefighters enter a burning building we have chemicals and car gins that are interour bodies and for years the deviating effects and recent studies by control of Disease Control have demonstrated that firefighters are sxhooum to cancer and now its time to push back. It is the for that us to let the memorial serve a purpose are that it is time to let san franciscans and the world know that long arrest the fires are put out the firefighters are fighting against cancer were indicating is to ban toxic chemicals in first one and clothing. Chemicals like deadly flammable retardant for Childrens Clothing and known car gins that were band
Being sworn in i met tony in 1998 he was committed to making sure that whoever he recruited was prepared. I remember when i first met him, i thought whatever my infancy of a firefighter he was that and some i wanted to be like him and immolate him and he gave me a baseline test i did it i of the lucky i scored high enough to come in and Loveland Tony was my Training Officer he was tough and prepared us my told us what we needed to know and he made us good. I have carried tony in my that heart i never thought id emulate tony in getting cancer i i take it well, sometimes too much and always worked out and committed in the Fire Department i raised my right hand and said the other to the commitment because we made a commitment to you the citizens of San Francisco we never forgot that but i said to myself anita be safe and smart and do what your spoentsz to do i never, ever thought about cancer. In 2003 i felt a revolver spot on my breast it wasnt the frozen pea i went to the doctor for a m
To blame this is to the firefighters Cancer Awareness day her in San Francisco clapping tony i know youve got 28 lovely years in our city and the captain of our rescue squad thank you for those years but now your youve got another calling to save firefighters lightens i want to thank you for this presentation clapping it was a little over 7 years ago when we stood on the front steps of city hall with a concern a concern that resonates throughout the firefighter proves that too much of us are dying from this and we line the city hall what the boats of the firefighters. Today, were part of a National Champion give toxins the boat that extends from San Francisco to washington, d. C. Not only for firefighters but every sense citizen of this country. The core of our fountains Mission Statements is the preventions and early detention of cancer in our active firefighters. Weve been successful in offering thirty states cancers in the groups but we have to change our point of view and place a u