Volunteers will be aware that VFBV is campaigning for presumptive legislation – the firefighters’ cancer law – to provide a fairer and simpler path to compensation for volunteer and career firefighters who contract typical firefighter cancers.
As the issue progresses, there have been claims and assumptions made about the number of potential claimants and the possible cost to government, including a reported government estimate of $130 million in annual costs to CFA.
VFBV strongly doubts that estimate, especially since there appears to be little reliable information about potential claims in Victoria, and a Senate Inquiry has already heard that other countries did not experience a rush of new claims when they introduced presumptive legislation for their firefighters.
How you can help
If you, or a volunteer that you know, have made a cancer-related claim for compensation, or suffered from cancer and believe it was related to service to the community as a firefighter, we would like to hear from you.
Please contact VFBV Project Officer Peter Beaton on 0419 504 111 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
