Firefighter job stress and heart attacks

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Jutras on December 10, 2008 at 9:46pm

Tom,
What is the date that this news clipped appeared? Just curious.
Not that it really matters in terms of its importance to the fire service and those administrations that discount the stress of our job.
One more reason for us to do all that is possible to protect ourselves from the dangers of our job, staying in shape and not allowing ourselves to breath smoke.
Thanks for sharing. Kevin Jutras

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Permalink Reply by Tom Bouthillet on December 10, 2008 at 9:55pm

The story appears to have been posted November 26, 2008.

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Maxed Out: Firefighters throughout the city are facing new alarms, ... (I should have known this would have been on the Secret List -- not sure how I missed it)

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Permalink Reply by Chris Fleming on December 11, 2008 at 11:38am

Excellent news story! I plan to forward this to our city's Human Resources Director. Is the follow up story on the Health and Wellness program available? We are looking at starting that program in our department, and I think it would give us more information from a neutral third party.

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