In general, do departments consider eyes modified by corneal surgery “corrected” or “uncorrected?” Have any trends been noticed?
I’m just looking for how departments are tending to receive candidates who have had the surgery. Thanks! Author: Bill Subject: Corneal surgery I can’t speak for the fire service generally but I can tell you about my cities’ attitude on this subject. As a member of my locals’ negotiating, team I participated in securing an eye surgery benefit as part of our last package. The city agreed that good vision is an important safety issue and that turnout times, (particularly at night) could be enhanced by less reliance on lenses. On that basis they agreed to pay 80% of the cost of corrective surgery for the employee only. More input: My personal opinion is go for it. I had RK seven years ago and it was the best money I’ve ever spent (Lasik wasn’t an option then). Another FF on my dept. had the same surgery just after I did. Much later a FF had lasik. My depts. position on anything of this nature is as long as the doc clears you to come back to work there is no problem. I personally always had
