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PART IX PRESUMPTION RESPECTING FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS — Definitions

108

In this Part

108(a)

"fire and emergency services employee" means a person employed with the department responsible for fire and emergency services and whose duties include

108(i)

investigating the cause, origin or circumstances of fires, (ii) firefighting, or (iii) delivering fire investigation or firefighting training; a member of a fire department, (ii) a member of an industrial fire department, or (iii) a fire and emergency services employee; a primary site brain cancer, (ii) a primary site bladder cancer, (iii) a primary site colorectal cancer, (iv) a primary site esophageal cancer,

108(b)

"fire department" means a fire department organized under the Towns and Local Service Districts Act , the City of St. John's Act , the City of Corner Brook Act , the City of Mount Pearl Act and the Regional Service Boards Act, 2012 and also includes a fire department established by an Inuit Community Government under the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act ;

108(c)

"firefighter" means

108(d)

"industrial fire department" means a n organization established by an employer to protect the employer's premises where the nature of the employer's business creates specific hazards for which specialized firefighting training or equipment is required;

108(e)

"listed disease" means

108(v)

a primary leukemia, (vi) a primary site lung cancer, (vii) a primary site kidney cancer, (viii) a primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma, (ix) a primary site testicular cancer,

108(x)

a primary site ureter cancer, (xi) a primary site breast cancer, (xii) a primary site penile cancer, (xiii) a primary site pancreatic cancer, (xiv) a primary site thyroid cancer, (xv) multiple myeloma, (xvi) a primary site prostate cancer, (xvii) a primary site cervical cancer, (xviii) a primary site ovarian cancer, (xix) a primary site skin cancer, or (xx) an injury to the heart that manifests within 24 hours after attendance at an emergency response; and

108(f)

"volunteer firefighter" means a volunteer member of a fire department or brigade admitted by the commission under the regulations and considered to be a worker.

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