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Firefighter Health Coverage

CBC NEWS
Lung cancer added to Ontario firefighter health coverage, becomes latest condition to be covered under what’s called presumptive legislation
Read CBC article here

RELATED:

WSIB Ontario, January 4, 2016
Cancers in Firefighters and Fire Investigators
Click Here: http://tinyurl.com/FireFightr1b

Gov’t of Ontario Media Release, May 12, 2014
Ontario announces increase in firefighter cancer coverage
Click Here: http://tinyurl.com/FireFightrs2

International Association of Fire Fighters
Presumptive Law Coverage by State And Province
Click Here: http://tinyurl.com/FireFightrs3

According to the International Association of Fire Fighters,
this is what was previously covered in Canada:

Alberta:
Leukemia, brain, bladder, lung, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins lymphoma

British Columbia:
Leukemia, non-Hogkins lymphoma, bladder, brain, colorectal, kidney, lung, testicular, ureter

Manitoba:
Leukemia, brain, bladder, lung, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, testicular, esophageal

New Brunswick:
brain, bladder, colorectal, esophageal, kidney, lung, testicular and ureter cancer, in addition to leukemia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma

Northwest Territories:
multiple myeloma, leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, brain cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, testicular cancer

Nova Scotia:
a cancer or other disease that is prescribed by the Governor in Council by regulation

Ontario:
leukemia, brain, bladder, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, esophageal

Saskatchewan:
leukemia, brain, bladder, lung, ureter, kidney, colorectal, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, testicular

Yukon:
leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, bladder cancer, brain cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, testicular cancer, ureter cancer, or any prescribed form of cancer