Firefighter cancer presumption in Nevada
In Nevada, 19 cancers are presumed job-caused once you've served 5 years; other cancers count too when exposure ties them to the job.
The law is Nev. Rev. Stat. § 617.453 (NRS 617.453). Workers' comp uses it.
Presumed means the law assumes your job caused the cancer, so your employer has to show it came from something else. Workers' comp (workers' compensation) is the insurance that pays medical bills and part of your lost pay when work makes you sick.
Conditions under Nevada's law
- Your service lasted 5 years or more.
- If Nevada entitles them to workers' comp benefits, volunteer firefighters have coverage.
- Your work exposed you to a substance tied to your type of cancer, one that's known or expected to lead to cancer.
- The cancer leaves you disabled, either for a while or for life, or it causes death.
- The diagnosis came during your employment or within a set window after it ended.
- Your paid work was full-time as a firefighter, a fire or arson investigator, or a fire or hazmat training instructor.
The law presumes the job caused your cancer, but your employer can still point to another cause.
Questions about your diagnosis, your service record or your deadline go to the claims line: +1 833 853 0496
Cancers Nevada covers
Any other cancer that disables you counts as well, if a cancer-causing substance you were exposed to at work links to that cancer.
| Cancer | Covered in Nevada? |
|---|---|
| Bladder cancer | Yes |
| Brain cancer | Yes |
| Breast cancer | Yes |
| Colon or rectal cancer | Yes |
| Esophagus cancer | Yes |
| Kidney cancer | Yes |
| Leukemia | Yes |
| Liver cancer | Yes |
| Lung cancer | Yes |
| Multiple myeloma | Yes |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Yes |
| Pancreatic cancer | Yes |
| Prostate cancer | Yes |
| Skin cancer, melanoma included | Yes |
| Stomach cancer | Yes |
| Testicular cancer | Yes |
| Thyroid cancer | Yes |
| Cancer of the ovaries, cervix or uterusThe law names ovarian and uterine cancer, but not cervical cancer | Partly |
| Cancer of the throat or mouthThroat and voice box cancers appear on the list; mouth cancer doesn't | Partly |
| MesotheliomaNot named; must show case-by-case carcinogen association | If linked to your work |
How can you submit a firefighter cancer claim through workers' comp in Nevada?
- Put it in writing to your department: you have cancer and you believe the job is the cause. Save a copy for yourself.
- File through your employer's insurer, or send the claim straight to the Nevada Division of Industrial Relations, Workers' Compensation Section. List the law (Nev. Rev. Stat. § 617.453 (NRS 617.453)) when you fill out the form.
- Pull together your diagnosis, hire and service dates, any results from physical exams, and records of your fire and exposure history.
- Start soon. Workers' comp claims have time limits for telling your employer and for filing, and some are short.
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