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Jefferson City firefighter/driver Jordan Holland, at right, administers driver promotional testing Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, to James Noah at the JCFD training facility in Hyde Park. Noah was one of several firefighters testing to move up the rank to driver.
Firefighters are more at risk of developing 17 cancers due to the nature of the job.
Making up that list of occupational cancers are bladder, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, lung, melanoma, mesothelioma, multiple myeloma, NHL, prostate, rectal, skin, stomach, testicular and thyroid.
