Firefighters in South Carolina are advocating for more protections when it comes to cancer.
Two new bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would provide firefighters with a health care benefit plan.
Officials say this is the first time the South Carolina Firefighters' Association and the International Association of Firefighters have pushed for the same legislation.
Brandon Gruber is a firefighter with St. Paul’s Fire District and was diagnosed with breast cancer just a few weeks before Easter in 2019.
Although he had his last chemotherapy treatment in November, he says he wants this issue to be addressed.
“It seems more profound now, it’s happening now to younger firemen and firemen all over the country,” Gruber said."People have bills and families, luckily I don’t have a family because if I wasn’t going to be able to work, how would I be able to be a father?