This checklist can help health care providers in the evaluation, treatment and ongoing surveillance of the health and wellness of firefighters. The recommendations in this document are supported by ongoing clinical research of firefighters’ health and by the extensive experience and expertise of the providers caring for them.
The Volunteer Firefighters Benefit Association of Minnesota maintains a fund for the relief and support of volunteer firefighters who sustain injury, sickness, disability, or loss of life in the line of duty.
FCSN Minnesota helps firefighters/EMS personnel and their families following a cancer diagnosis and provides various cancer awareness and prevention resources.
The NFR for Cancer is the largest effort ever undertaken to understand and reduce risk of cancer among U.S. firefighters. NIOSH is recruiting firefighters to join the NFR so that we can better understand the link between firefighting and cancer. It’s open to all U.S. firefighters with or without cancer, no matter your length of service, and it only takes 5 minutes to get started.
The 30-Days Foundation offers a variety of programs to help individuals and families who are in real-life financial crisis with a one-time grant to ease some financial burden.
Brighter Days Grief Center is the only Family Grief Center in Minnesota providing no-cost care to children, young adults, and adults who are grieving the death or terminal diagnosis of a family member.
This book, written by former firefighter Ali Rothrock, shares her personal journey along with the tools she’s carried into her work with others: honesty, grit, and the belief that healing is possible. Rothrock was a featured speaker at MnFIRE’s 2025 Firefighter Health Forum. For a copy of her book, please reach out to MnFIRE Assistant Director DeeDee Jankovich at djankovich@mnfireinitiative.com.
