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Firefighters Health: Tommy Baekgaard Kjaer

CTIF Role
Chair of the CTIF Firefighters Health Commission
User Biography

Tommy Baekgaard Kjaer, Denmark

Chair of the Commission since 2020

Contact the CTIF Health Commission at tk@brandcancer.dk

  • Public Firefighter for 27 years from early 1987 to late 2014 included:Educated and trained as a fire officer and instructor from the Danish State Fire service.
  • Special training in professional rescue diving, high rescue and chemical diving. Also certified in “Reconstruction and Integration of Traumatic Stress”.
  • Worked with psychological health for firefighters since 2004 and with occupational cancers since 2010.
  • Editor of firefighter magazine from 2005 to 2017.
  • Union leader from 2010 to 2020. Member of board since 2006.
  • Board member (Vice president) for European Firefighter Unions Alliance EFFUA from 2008 to 2020.
  • Founder and president of “Danish Firefighter´s Cancer Organization” BFC since 2013.
  • Author of numerous articles about occupational health and safety for firefighters.
  • Speaker to firefighter organizations, Universities and Parliaments around the world about occupational health and safety for firefighters.
  • Member of various expert and working groups working for a fire safe Europe.
  • Lifelong member of honour within  “The Nordic Firefighters” NBS 2015.
  • Winner of “The Danish Community Awards 2015”
  • Chairman of the CTIF Health Commission from 2020.