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Porter dentist offers free oral cancer screenings for firefighters

October 14, 2020
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As a thank you to local first responders, Porter Family Dentistry is offering free oral cancer screenings to firefighters in Montgomery County for the next several weeks.

The screenings will be held on Fridays when the office is usually closed so that firefighters don’t have to wait.

In 2016, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health published a multi-year study of cancer rates in firefighters, and the findings showed that firefighters had a higher number of cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths than the general U.S. population. Among the cancers found in the sample of nearly 30,000 firefighters, those most often found were digestive, oral, respiratory, and urinary cancers.

In recent months, firefighters across the country have been traveling to areas, like California, that their help is needed. Dr. Mustafa Yamani of Porter Family Dentistry went to school in California and has fond memories of the nature and beauty of

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Old fire station in Arleta converted into mental health facility to prevent suicide among firefighters

September 29, 2020
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ARLETA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Modern day firefighters benefit from high tech equipment and regular training but those measures do little to shield them from their number one killer: suicide.

“Our firefighters experience terrible things. Terrible things that they can’t share with their families because it is just going to depress their families, quite honestly,” said Los Angeles City Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas.

The department’s labor union, the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, on Monday took a major step towards suicide prevention for 3,500 members and their families.

They converted an old fire station in Arleta to become the United Firefighters of Los Angeles Center for Health and Wellness, which will provide space for counseling and classroom training.

Its staff will include mental health specialists who will be available around the clock, plus an additional 100 peer counselors in the field.

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