Minimum years served to be eligible for coverage
Five years - leukemia.
Ten years - brain, primary site breast, primary site cervical, primary site ovarian, primary site pancreatic, primary site thyroid, testicular.
Fifteen years - bladder, colorectal, lung (non-smoking firefighters), multiple myeloma, primary site prostate, primary site laryngeal, cancer, primary site mesothelioma, primary site penile, primary-site skin, primary site soft tissue sarcoma.
Twenty years - kidney, primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Twenty-five years - esophageal.
The coverage also only applies to new injury claims. A firefighter with a previously denied claim can also ask the board to reconsider it
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