Firefighters’ union calls for cancer compensation
The firefighters’ union FBU has called on the UK government to introduce legislation to ensure that firefighters with cancer and other diseases linked to their work can receive compensation. The call came on Firefighters’ Memorial Day, 4 May. The union says ‘presumptive legislation’ is already the norm for many forms of cancer and some other diseases in the USA, Australia and Canada. Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “The USA, Canada and Australia have all faced up to the evidence and introduced legislation to protect and compensate firefighters for cancer other diseases. But the UK is decades behind other countries when it comes to this issue. This is a national scandal.”
FBU news release and FBU research on occupational diseases and firefighters. Details of presumptive legislation in North America and Australia.
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