Of course any police officer, fire fighter and paramedic (as well as SES-type volunteers) deserve and need protection, compensation and medical treatment when they suffer injury or illness while in the line of duty. If they weren’t entitled to such things, who would want to put their life and health in danger with no safety net? Most of these people have families to provide for. I’m sure they don’t make soldiers pay for medical expenses when they’re wounded in battle, so why should it be different for these people? Pretty shameful behaviour, really. No excuses for it. A lot of people involved are getting sick, it’s no coincidence. I don’t really believe in coincidence, it’s a convenient out-clause.

Yeah, never mind the 700X Tritium they failed to explain away with gun sights and exit signs or the radiological contamination protocols during the cleanup.

I think those toxins were the least of our worries. And of all the people that were there, I don't think anyone cared about getting sick. The point was to save lives...if personal health was such a priority, those firefighters would never have gone near the place.