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# Schedule 4 Firefighters’ diseases
Schedule 4 Firefighters’ diseases
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Disease | Qualifying service period |
| Primary site brain cancer | 5 years |
| Primary leukaemia | 5 years |
| Primary site breast cancer | 10 years |
| Primary site testicular cancer | 10 years |
| Primary site bladder cancer | 15 years |
| Primary site kidney cancer | 15 years |
| Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 15 years |
| Multiple myeloma | 15 years |
| Primary site prostate cancer | 15 years |
| Primary site ureter cancer | 15 years |
| Primary site colorectal cancer | 15 years |
| Primary site oesophageal cancer | 25 years |
**sch 4:** Subst 1988 No 132, Sch 1 (16). Am 1989 No 105, Sch 1. Rep 1989 No 121, Sch 1. Ins 2018 No 93, Sch 1 \[2\].