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Prince William firefighter urges county-funded cancer screening after multiple recent diagnoses
Summary
At public comment the county heard from a 20-year firefighter veteran who described several recent cancer diagnoses within the department and asked supervisors to consider funding annual or rotating early-detection screenings for career and volunteer firefighters.
Mitch Nason, a 20-year veteran of Prince William County Fire & Rescue, told the Board of Supervisors during public comment that multiple confirmed cancer diagnoses among firefighters in recent months show a need for a county-funded early-screening program.
Nason said three confirmed cancer diagnoses occurred in the department in the previous three months and listed additional diagnoses and medical problems reported by co-workers. He said a General Assembly-funded…
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