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The National Firefighter Registry for Cancer (NFR) is a voluntary registry of firefighters in the United States used to evaluate cancer rates and risk factors in the U.S. fire service through collecting relevant occupational, lifestyle, and health information on firefighters. It aims to use these data to reduce cancer in firefighters.
The Fire Department's chief medical officer, Dr. Kerry Kelly, criticized the lack of objective evidence, saying, "I have trouble believing in these purple-stained towels." [ 20 ] An investigation by the New York Press asked a number of independent doctors about the evidence for the Purification Rundown.
Health care fraud includes "snake oil" marketing, health insurance fraud, drug fraud, and medical fraud. Health insurance fraud occurs when a company or an individual defrauds an insurer or government health care program, such as Medicare (United States) or equivalent State programs.
Oct. 21—SALEM — Allegations of a hostile work environment at the Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company are calling attention to systemic deficiencies in a framework that mixes town-employed ...
The history of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, which grew gradually as volunteer companies formed between 1770 and 1860, then more rapidly with the addition of paid members starting in 1864 and the transition to a fully paid department in 1871, has been marked in recent years by various controversies and scandals.
BBB Scam Tracker has received many reports about phony medical bills and collections departments. How the scam works You receive a letter or a call informing you that you owe money on a medical bill.
Fire chiefs throughout MetroWest are reporting an increasing number of calls, leading to staffs becoming strained. Firefighters are responding to more medical calls. Why that has fire chiefs worried
A fire department responds to a fire every 23 seconds throughout the United States. [4] Fire departments responded to 33,602,500 calls for service in 2015. Of these, 21,500,000 were for medical help, 2,533,500 were false alarms, and 1,345,500 were for actual fires. [5]