I ride with Team Boston Fire to make an impact.

Team Boston Fire, a collection of athletes, military veterans and cancer survivors, ride in honor and support of our brothers and sisters who’ve faced, and continue to fight, an all-too-familiar battle with cancer.

Every three weeks a Boston firefighter is diagnosed with cancer, a staggering statistic that ranks 2.5 times the average rate of other Boston populations. Annually, an average of 20 Boston Firefighters develop cancer. Since 1990, nearly 200 Boston firefighters have been lost to occupational cancer.

Why do we ride? We ride for our brave friends, families and co-workers who’ve been in some way affected by this devastating disease. We ride for better care and state-of-the-art research. We ride to raise awareness and to give a fighting chance to an at-risk occupation with a frighteningly high rate of affected individuals. We ride because the PMC is the single most successful charity in the battle against cancer, and the Boston Fire Department is among the leading occupations affected by it.

I ride to support my team, my community, and anyone that has been impacted by cancer.