A 40-person department began annual advanced screening with Interceptor Health in 2024. Two years of data changed how their chief talks about firefighter health.
Year One: The Baseline
Advanced lipid and calcium-score screening identified six firefighters with meaningful undetected coronary risk — none of whom had failed a standard NFPA 1582 physical. All six began monitored intervention within a month.
Year Two: The Shift in Culture
With results already in hand from year one, participation in year two's screening day rose from 68% to 96% of the roster. Firefighters who'd seen a peer's early catch stopped viewing screening as optional.
The Number That Mattered to the Chief
Department-wide, the proportion of firefighters flagged as elevated cardiac risk dropped by roughly half between year one and year two — driven by monitored intervention, not chance. That's the number the chief now leads with when budgeting for the program.
One department's data isn't a guarantee for another. It's evidence that early, advanced screening changes outcomes when departments act on what it finds.