The IAFF and Firefighter Cancer Support Network recognize January as Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month. One way local departments can reduce the risk to firefighters is by cleaning gear. Firefighters can use equipment to clean their masks and other elements of turnout gear. Sabo and Ivancic said that Concord Township firefighters get annual physicals through the firefighter union contract. The departments are also working to purchase new turnout gear without PFAS materials.