New Bill Would Give Firefighters With Cancer Automatic ACC Cover – Greens

The Green Party has announced a new Member’s Bill that would grant eligible professional and volunteer Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) firefighters presumptive occupational cancer cover. This Green Party Bill will make sure that firefighters with cancers likely to be caused by their jobs are also supported and protected when they need it,” says Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. The Member’s Bill covers 21 named cancers that international research links to the carcinogenic hazards firefighters are exposed to. Presumptive occupational cancer cover for firefighters is already law in Australia, Canada and much of the United States. That’s faster than the eight-minute structure fire response target our firefighters work to.”