The Santa Barbara City Firefighters will be wearing pink uniform T-shirts this month to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness.
This will be the fifth year the Firefighters will display their support and honor all cancer patients and survivors.
The American Cancer Society states that; “Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most common cancer among US women, accounting for 29% of newly diagnosed cancers.” Woman living in the United States now face a 1-in-8 lifetime chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Women in the 1970s had a 1-in-11 lifetime chance.
This will be the fifth year the Firefighters will display their support and honor all cancer patients and survivors.
The American Cancer Society states that; “Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most common cancer among US women, accounting for 29% of newly diagnosed cancers.” Woman living in the United States now face a 1-in-8 lifetime chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer. Women in the 1970s had a 1-in-11 lifetime chance.
Awareness leads to detection, and early detection allows greater options and increases the chances for survival. There are a limited number of Santa Barbara City Fire Department Breast Cancer T-shirts available for a donation of $20, at Fire Station 1 located at 121 W. Carrillo St. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society at the end of the month.
The photograph above is in front of Fire Station 1 with Operations and Prevention personnel (from left): Fire Inspector II Ryan DiGuilio, Captain Chris Woodcock, Captain Robert Kendall, Firefighter Gabe Donald, Engineer Spencer Simonds, Deputy Chief Lee Waldron, Captain Michael Hoose, Battalion Chief Mike de Ponce, Fire Inspector I Amber Anderson, Fire inspector III Jim Austin, Engineer Paul Spinale.
