Who Responds to a Firefighter’s Worst Day?

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• Personal Author:
  Siarnicki R
• Description:
  We come into your home on the worst day of your life. We are trained firefighters. We're ready to respond. We're calm and professional. Some might say we' re unflappable in the face of danger. But what's going on inside our heads when the emergency is over? We're human too. Sometimes, what we witness during a call hits too close to home or the pressures of life outside the firehouse seem insurmountable. Before we know it, the walls we've established to protect ourselves emotionally begin to crack. We're often the last to notice. But if they aren't shored up, those walls might come crashing down. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Fire Fighters Fire Fighting Job Stress Psychological Factors
• ISSN:
  0145-4064
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Other ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054424
• Citation:
  Firehouse 2015 Mar; :13, 16
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Emmitsburg, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20130201
• Source Full Name:
  Firehouse
• End Date:
  20140131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee77154e5675dbee49c236c794f3ac5b2cc333f0909351ce14b04434f155fb474c61b4fe029eaeef6d3618a647f28bec9928aa5709dcf07978d11db989637166
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216997/cdc_216997_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.48 MB ]