r/Firefighting • u/Quick_Connection6818 • May 04 '25

News Further cuts at NIOSH including firefighters cancer registry

Among the newly terminated are those employees who worked for the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer. After CBS reported on those firings on Friday night, HHS pushed back, claiming that no CDC employee had been laid off and that the firefighter health and safety programs would remain “top priority” for the agency.

A source who worked for the firefighter registry disputed each of HHS’s claims, confirming that they’d been fired on Friday evening and noting that the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer had already been closed to new applicants. The agency’s website affirmed that the program was taken offline.

https://www.progressreport.news/p/rfk-jr-massacre-paves-way-to-give

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u/GabagoolFarmer Engineer / Paramedic May 04 '25

Saving money is more important than saving lives. Never forget what they truly care about

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u/TheArcaneAuthor Truckie, Hazmat Nerd, AEMT May 04 '25

Always remember this: every regulation is written in blood. We have fire codes and industrial regulations because at some point in time someone decided it was worth putting people at risk to save a few bucks. That's how we ended up with Triangle Shirtwaist, or the Station Nightclub, or the Radium Girls, or the Match Girls, the list goes on.