不列颠哥伦比亚省现在覆盖26种癌症,用于消防人员赔偿,由于与野火有关的健康风险不断增加,这种癌症已扩大到8种新类型。 British Columbia now covers 26 cancers for firefighters’ compensation, expanding to eight new types due to increasing wildfire-related health risks.

不列颠哥伦比亚省已将工伤赔偿范围扩大至涵盖八种额外癌症——皮肤癌、间皮瘤、软组织肉瘤和咽部癌——以覆盖消防员，使得推定为工作相关疾病的总数达到26种。 British Columbia has expanded workers’ compensation to cover eight additional cancers—skin cancer, mesothelioma, soft-tissue sarcoma, and pharynx cancers—for firefighters, raising the total to 26 presumed work-related illnesses. 移动使B. C. 的移动。 The move makes B.C. 加拿大消防人员癌症索赔的最全面省份。 the most comprehensive province in Canada for firefighter cancer claims. 这一变化受到不列颠哥伦比亚总雇员联盟的欢迎,它回应了不断上升的健康风险,因为野火季节越来越长、越来越严重,消防员在2010年至2025年期间,尽管仅占劳动力的0.5%,但仍占工作安全BC癌症病例的35%。 The change, welcomed by the BC General Employees’ Union, responds to rising health risks as wildfire seasons grow longer and more severe, with firefighters accounting for 35% of WorkSafeBC cancer claims from 2010 to 2025 despite representing just 0.5% of the workforce.