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Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health

What is the National
Firefighter Registry?

When will NFR
registration begin?

Who will be included in
the NFR?

The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) is a voluntary
registry of firefighters that is designed to help us better
understand cancer in the U.S. fire service.

We plan to begin registration in 2022. When more
details on registration are available we will share them
widely through firefighter channels, and update our
materials.

The NFR will be open to all U.S. firefighters regardless
of whether they have a previous cancer diagnosis. We
encourage all firefighters to participate in the NFR,
including:

Congress mandated the NFR’s creation through the
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018. The National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
is leading this effort with input from the scientific and
firefighting communities.

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What else should I know
about the NFR?
• Participation in the NFR is voluntary.
• Registration will take place through a secure web
portal and will take around 30 minutes.
• Your personal information will be kept confidential
and will not be shared without your permission.
• The NFR is a long-term project that will include
important follow-up questionnaires.
• Continued participation in the NFR could help
firefighters. The more we know about cancer in the
fire service, the more we can do to prevent it.

Our goal is to better
understand the link
between workplace
exposures and cancer
among firefighters.

How will the NFR
benefit firefighters?

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Firefighters do not need to have
cancer or any other health condition
to participate in the NFR.

Past studies show that firefighters have increased rates
of certain cancers. However, these studies have not
determined:

Our ultimate goal is to identify ways to reduce cancer
rates among firefighters.

Active, former, and retired firefighters
Career, paid-on-call, and volunteer firefighters
Structural firefighters
Wildland firefighters
Industrial firefighters
Military firefighters
Instructors
Fire investigators
Other fire service members

Having many types of firefighters
in the NFR is crucial to examining
relationships between firefighting
activities and cancer.

More information
For more information, please visit
www.cdc.gov/NFR, where you can
sign up for the NFR newsletter
for updates. If you have any
questions, please email us at
[email protected].
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• Cancer rates among volunteer, female, or minority
firefighters; or among sub-specialties, such as fire
instructors
• How different exposures affect cancer rates
• If certain groups of firefighters have higher rates
of cancer based on types and level of exposure,
geography, sex, or other traits
• If certain protective measures are associated with
reduced rates of cancer

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