Law enforcement and fire rescue are once again deploying a fleet of pink-wrapped vehicles this October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Eight Lake County law enforcement and fire-rescue agencies wrapped patrol vehicles and fire engines in pink to raise awareness of the disease in the community. This is the fourth year that Orlando Health has partnered with local first responders for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each of the agencies will sport the pink-wrapped vehicles throughout the month of October. Participating agencies include:
- Clermont Fire Department
- Clermont Police Department
- Mascotte Police Department
- Groveland Police Department
- Groveland Fire Department
- Lake County Fire Department
- Lake County Sheriff’s Office
- Montverde Fire Department
The pink-wrapped vehicles gathered at Orlando Health South Lake and flashed their lights in honor of the thousands of breast cancer patients and survivors who battle the disease every year. First responders also wrote notes of encouragement on the side of their vehicles in honor of patients, friends and family battling the disease.
Breast cancer is the second-most-common type of cancer among women in the United States with a new case diagnosed every three minutes. About one in eight U.S. women (about 12 percent) will develop invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. This year, an estimated 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S. along with 48,530 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer. The pink-wrapped vehicles will be visible throughout Lake County through at least October. Residents are encouraged to safely share photos of the vehicles on social media and use the hashtag #BreastCancerAwareness.
About Orlando Health
Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with $6.5 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States.
Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for its pediatric and adult Level One Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level Two Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center in Pinellas County. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health is a statutory teaching system that pioneers life-changing medical research. The 3,200-bed system includes 15 wholly-owned hospitals and emergency departments; rehabilitation services, cancer and heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with CareSpot Urgent Care. Nearly 4,200 physicians, representing more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs nearly 22,000 team members. In FY19, Orlando Health served nearly 150,000 inpatients and nearly 2.7 million outpatients. During that same time period, Orlando Health provided more than $760 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com.
