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Mark Noble(July 15, 1957 - January 15th, 2005) was a firefighter and fine art photographer who lived in Olympia, WA. He died from work related injury, in the line-of-duty on January 15th, 2005 after a 3 year long battle with brain cancer contracted from exposure during his 25 year long career as a professional firefighter. His fire service memorial in 2005, debut a training video in which Noble warns firefighters of the increased risks of chemical exposure they face on the job, and of best practices to reduce them.

Noble was an active voice in the Puget Sound region, who served several times as a president of IAFF Local #3825; where he helped negotiate a seniority transfer after professional firefighters in Mclane Fire District #9 were forced to move to the Olympia Fire Department in a district restructuring. When at the Olympia Fire Department Noble was active in the union speaking to state legislation which made some forms of cancer proven to pose higher risks to firefighters who meet certain service criteria presumptive to the job. Noble was the one of the first people to take advantage of this legislation which forced his insurance provider to cover life saving treatments which otherwise would have been denied. Noble served in elected office as a Fire Commissioner of Thurston County District #9 resigning in the middle of his second term after finding himself unable to push his dissenting policy objectives through the majority two commissioner opposition.

Table of Contents:

1. Early Career 2. 3. "You need it like a hole in the head", Training Video 4. Washington State Senate and House Resolutions