Michigan testing blood of firefighters to analyze PFAS exposure
Updated 12:29 PM;
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Flint firefighters work to contain a blaze at a residential structure fire in the 1700 block of Wyoming Avenue on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May
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LANSING, MI The state of Michigan is taking blood samples from firefighters as part of a project to study how much exposure they receive to toxic PFAS chemicals.
This week, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the launch of the PFAS in Firefighters of Michigan Surveillance (PFOMS) project, a multi-year $1 million biomonitoring effort to assess firefighter exposure to the “forever chemicals.”
Bay City man found dead in crashed vehicle in Tuscola County
Updated 10:24 AM;
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AKRON TOWNSHIP, MI A 61-year-old Bay City man was found dead in a crashed vehicle in Tuscola County after police believe a medical incident caused him to drive off the road.
Tuscola Central Dispatch received a call shortly before noon Saturday, April 24, for a report of a single-car crash on M-25 near Sheridan Road in Akron Township, southeast of Sebewaing.
The caller told dispatchers the male subject was unresponsive and the doors to the vehicle were locked, according to a Tuscola County Sheriff’s Department news release.
There is a special bond among firefighters likely forged in flames that distance cannot extinguish.
So when a series of tornadoes damaged firehouses and equipment in Alabama last month, a Wantage, New Jersey, firefighter sent out a call for help.
The response was so great that on Wednesday morning a tractor-trailer and a few pickup trucks full of donated fire equipment, along with a donated fire engine, will start the 15-hour ride to Alabama.
Volunteer fire departments from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania donated equipment in response to the social media post by the Beemerville Fire Department s Capt. Hunter Space.