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Augusta County supervisors postpone firefighter early-detection screening to next year
Summary
After debate over scope, cost and unanswered operational questions, the Board of Supervisors voted 6–1 to move a proposed early-detection cancer-screening program for firefighters into next year’s budget process.
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors voted 6–1 to postpone consideration of a county-funded early-detection cancer-screening program for active firefighters and include it in next year’s budget process.
The proposal, which county staff said had been included in the fire chief’s budget request, would have funded screening for active-duty firefighters. Supporters said the screenings could identify serious conditions in long-serving personnel; opponents said the program’s operational details—who would be included, whether volunteers would be covered, and privacy and policy questions—remained unresolved.
Supervisor Wells asked that the item be returned to the agenda for discussion. After board members debated whether the county had enough information to act now, Wells…
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