Corbett’s Trivia: Cancer and the Fire Service

By Glenn Corbett

Q. What two significant fires in the ‘70s/early ‘80s underscored the connection between toxicity on the fireground and firefighter cancer? CLICK FOR THE ANSWER

Glenn CorbettGlenn Corbett, PE, is the former assistant chief of the Waldwick (NJ) Fire Department, an assistant professor of fire science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, and a technical editor for Fire Engineering. He recently served on the Federal Advisory Committee of the National Construction Safety Team and is a member of the Fire Code Advisory Council for New Jersey. He is the coauthor of the late Francis L. Brannigan’s Building Construction for the Fire Service, 4th Edition, editor of the upcoming Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II, and an FDIC Executive Advisory Board member.

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