Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefit Program
The Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefit (FCCB) Fund reimburses qualifying employers for the costs of maintaining insurance coverage or alternate plans to provide the benefits to qualifying firefighters. Moneys in the Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefit Fund are used to reimburse employers for the direct costs of maintaining insurance coverage or alternate plans.
Who Qualifies
The following entities are eligible to receive reimbursement as “employers” under the Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefits Program:
- A municipality that employs one or more covered individual,
- A special district that employs one or more covered individual,
- A fire authority that employs one or more covered individual, or
- A county improvement district that employs one or more covered individual,
- Or the Division of Fire Prevention and Control
To be qualified as a “covered individual” for purposes of the Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefits Program, means a firefighter, part-time firefighter, or volunteer firefighter the individual must:
- Be an active employee of an employer,
- Be a full-time employee of an employer who regularly works at least one thousand six hundred (1600) hours in any calendar year,
- Perform duties that are directly involved with the provision of fire protection services, and
- Have at least five years of continuous full-time employment with an employer.
- Be a part-time employee of an employer who regularly works less than one thousand six hundred (1600) hours in any calendar year,
- Perform duties that are directly involved with the provision of fire protection services, and who is not a volunteer firefighter.
- Have at least five years of continuous, part-time or full-time employment with an employer.
- Be a volunteer firefighter as defined in section 31-30-1102 or an individual who provides volunteer services to a fire authority that is created by an
- intergovernmental agreement that provides fire protection.
- A covered individual who is a volunteer firefighter must have at least five years of continuous service with the same employer.
The Reimbursement Process
Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefits Reimbursement Applications will be made available in the Grants Portal on July 15th and will close June 30th of the following year. It is important for each applicant to review the Firefighter Cancer and Cardiac Benefits Online Reimbursement Instructions provided to ensure ease in the application process.
Forms and Resources
Current Allocation (State Fiscal Year 2024)
State Fiscal Year Allocation Total
- $809,033.00
Amount Requested by Firefighter Heart and Circulatory Malfunction Benefits Employers
This amount contains the total of all reimbursement requests that have been received and fully reviewed.
- $766,440.00
Amount Approved
This amount contains the total of all reimbursement requests that have been approved for payment or are pending payment.
- $770,200.00
Remaining Balance
- $38,833.00
Contact Information
Initial Interest
Direct inquiries regarding initial program interest to your Regional Manager. Use the other program contacts once the initial process with your Regional Manager is complete.
Program Contact
Chris Ockwig
Program Manager
(720) 795-8434
Chris.ockwig@state.co.us
Alacia Isom
Program Assistant
(720) 766-4999
alacia.isom@state.co.us