Bill Duncan

1954 - 2011  (57 years)

• Name	Bill Duncan
  Born	1954	of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-46877
  Died	25 Mar 2011  [1]
  Buried	Williamsburg Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I46877	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Cancer fells firefighter who publicized job's dangers Former firefighter: Former Kitchener firefighter Bill Duncan, who for two years battled brain cancer attributed to his job, died Friday. For years, Bill Duncan fought for compensation for his fellow Kitchener firefighters stricken with cancer after years of battling fires. On Friday, Duncan died of brain cancer, the result of fighting hundreds of fires in his 33-year career. He was 56. "He didn't regret what he did but he hoped that his illness would raise awareness" among firefighters about the hazards of the job, said Steve Jones, president of the Kitchener firefighters association. As former president of the association, Duncan fought for years for compensation for the 10 Kitchener firefighters who have died from occupational cancer since 1988. Seven of the 10 firefighters fought a 1987 fire at Horticultural Technologies, a plant where more than 200 chemicals were stored. Duncan did not fight that fire. Waterloo Region Record 28 Mar 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Cancer fells firefighter who publicized job's dangers Former firefighter - 28 Mar 2011.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1954 - of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Williamsburg Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth