By News Staff
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California firefighter-EMT with occupational cancer died on Tuesday.
Firefighter-EMT Tamara Thacher had served with the Sacramento Fire Department for 31 years, including as a training instructor and peer support counselor, the department said.
“Tami realized a need to help serve other members of the department who were struggling with behavioral health issues,” the department said in a Facebook post. “She became a peer support counselor and helped countless firefighters deal with their personal struggles.”
The department also described Thacher as a “role model for aspiring female firefighters.”
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