Ironically, the most dangerous thing about an occupation that involves running into burning buildings isn’t the flames, but the smoke. Cancer is the leading cause of firefighter line-of-duty deaths in the U.S. and, according to the International Association of Firefighters, about 60 percent of career firefighters will die this way, “with their boots off”. Click Click here to read more.
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