对于市政风险池，消防员职业癌症索赔有两个挑战。首先，当索赔被拒绝和第二个，消防员的风险文件以支持索赔时，消防员的不适当的负担。现在，可以通过及时录制国家防火运营报告系统（NFORS）曝光跟踪器应用程序的曝光时及时录制文档挑战。
The Mobile App will allow each firefighter to track incidents year-round. NFORS Exposure Tracker App links the firefighter with incident response data in their department using the NFORS Analytics Module. The App asks relevant exposure questions so that a firefighter can document the nature of the incident, presence of smoke, fire and flames, soot and other information including on scene decontamination and gear cleaning after a call. Rudy Rodriguez, AMRRP President notes that, “With this App, Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Pool (AMRRP) member firefighters will be able to better assemble their exposure data for evaluation during any claim evaluation process.”
How it Works
AMRRP将提供其AMRRP成员Firefighters的Firefighters获取电话的消防员曝光跟踪应用程序。该应用程序由国际公共安全数据研究所（IPSDI）提供，作为NFORS分析数据系统的一部分。
After AMRRP is notified of a claim, the primary focus of the claim evaluation process will be records review. Each first responder submits his or her data, including medical information, any previously maintained documentation about the types of incidents in which the first responder had been involved, and the exposure data compiled and stored on the NFORS Firefighter Exposure Tracking App.
Brian Jefferies, President of Arizona Professional Firefighters and a cancer survivor states, “The hope is that this data is never used, but if the need arises, each firefighter will be better prepared.” Every firefighter can even take his or her personal exposure data base into retirement so that data are available should there be a need to document a cancer claim after they leave the job.
Background
Workers’ compensation laws were designed to give employees certainty regarding compensation for their work-related claims. Those laws work well when an employee falls off a ladder at work. The claim can be investigated, liability determined, and the employee compensated for work-related claims quickly. That efficiency breaks down for work-related cancer claims. Once a claim is filed, often due to short time frames, many cancer claims must be initially denied based on limited, preliminary investigation in order to allow the claim to be fully evaluated. On-the-job exposure documentation is key to timely claim evaluation.
The NFORS Mobile App, available in app stores works on the iOS and Android platforms. The App helps firefighters, paramedics and officers create a personal and secure Career Diary, capable of logging both physical and mental exposures along with the incident details, in a private, encrypted, and secure online environment.
Nfors消防员曝光跟踪追踪器是通过与消防委员（IAFC），大都市消防队员协会，国际消防员（IAFF），UL，NIST，城市研究所和其他消防专家的国际协会的国际协会的合作开发。NFORS曝光跟踪器由美国联邦应急管理机构（FEMA）援助为消防员授予计划和Ramsey社会司法基金会提供资金。
For more information about the NFORS Exposure Tracker and NFORS Analytics visithttps://i-psdi.org/nfors-overview.html.
