Phoenix Deputy Fire Chief Jason Miller introduces the Storm Stick, a portable system that washes toxic chemicals, soot, and carcinogens from firefighters’ gear after a fire. Courtesy of Storm Stick
PHOENIX—The fire outside was not the deadliest threat. Two Phoenix firefighters lost to cancer, and Phoenix Deputy Fire Chief Jason Miller could not stop it.
The threat was invisible—poisons slipping through their gear, burrowing into skin and lungs, ticking like hidden explosives until they detonated.
