Greenville firefighters with at least five years of service will receive annual occupational cancer screenings at no cost

By Travis Hairgrove
The Herald Banner

GREENVILLE, Texas — At the beginning of June, Texas House Bill 198 (or Wade Cannon Act) went into effect, which requires cities and counties who employ firefighters to provide firefighters with occupational cancer screenings. On Tuesday, the Greenville City Council approved a screening package that will be available to eligible firefighters at no cost to the firefighters.

“Firefighters that have been in service with the city for at least five years, at that five-year mark and every year thereafter, we at no expense to the firefighter, give them access to a battery of tests,” Greenville Director of Human Resources Euriah Brown said. “It could provide early detection of cancers that are associated with their service as a firefighter.”

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The screening package was developed in collaboration between the cities HR department, Greenville Fire-Rescue and Hunt Regional Occupational Health.

Brown explained that the program would be funded for the remainder of the current fiscal year with $42,000 from the city manager’s contingency fund and would initially be offered to firefighters aged 45 and older.

“I’m glad we’re doing this. This is really needed,” Greenville Mayor Jerry Ransom said.

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