Preventing deaths and injuries to firefighters working at strip mall fires

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Firefighters are at significant risk of injury or death when fighting fires in strip malls. Strip mall fires are low frequency, high-risk incidents due to a variety of construction features. To minimize the risks of fighting fires in strip mall occupancies, NIOSH has recommended precautions that fire departments should take.
  
  Suggested Citation: NIOSH [2023]. Preventing deaths and injuries to firefighters working at strip mall fires. By Loflin ME. Cincinnati OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2023-126, https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023126.
  
  2023-126.pdf?id=10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023126
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control Built Environment Firefighters Occupational Injuries/prevention & Control
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2023126
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  6 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068524
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:17479e655499cb991f0d4af7ac575a241b8cd66a99a0ccecca017486e83a1e9eff52a86e032b3540b0638c2d66ecc8b4a97b80543c0caf2f57f61098f5831826
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/133711/cdc_133711_DS1.pdf
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