Firefighters ‘face higher suicide risk’

By Eloise Johnstone
Updated February 19 2013 - 6:57am, first published 1:00am

FIREFIGHTERS are more susceptible to disease and have a higher chance of committing suicide due to the nature of their job, a new report commissioned by the United Firefighters Union (UFU) Victorian branch says.

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