Technical Assistance Report No. 79-50: International Association of Firefighters: Alliance, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Schulte, Paul A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Medical interviews were conducted with 79 firefighters (SIC-9224) present at a pesticides warehouse fire in July, 1974, in Alliance, Ohio. The survey was requested by the International Association of Firefighters, and was performed during December 1979 and January 1980. A questionnaire to evaluate the current psychological conditions of the firefighter was also administered. A high incidence of cough, memory loss, tension, depression, fatigue, and confusion, was found in the personnel at the fire when compared to firefighters from another city. The author suggests that the adverse health effects resulted from exposures during the fire. He recommends periodic physical examinations for firefighters, use of protective equipment, and provision of means for the outlet of tensions and pressures that build during periods of inactivity between calls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Firefighters Fires Mental Health Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Clinical-symptoms Combustion-products Control-methods Fire-protection Firemen Hazard-confirmed Health-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-health-programs OSHA Region 5 Psychological-responses TA-79-50

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Alliance (OH) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Froneberg, Brigitte ; Keenlyside, Richard A. ; Donohue, Michael T.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00103206
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-171134
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 79-50, 1980 Sep ; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9224 - Fire protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d6e72db4fd34bb008851f34d3374d3b06c5f805ea837db351f6d8d85e18cab6e0f71fc2ad85648b5f56bdb2ff6c27aaf5eaca2932e8e92c62b00b0e2c0f72e5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173526/cdc_173526_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 605.33 KB ]