Portable Radio Placement during Interior Firefighting: Protect Your Lifeline [poster] [F2024-03P]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  F2024-03 Poster: Career firefighter seriously injured during search operations in a residential structure fire – Oregon
• Personal Author:
  Attwood, Wesley R. ; Kiederer, Meghan ; Page, Frank ; Wilkinson, Andrea ; Geromi, Rebecca
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Description:
  "Protect Your Lifeline! Your portable radio allows you to immediately report, or be notified of, changing conditions and emergencies that can affect your survival."
  
  This poster was created in response to the findings of "Recommendation #6" from pages 13-14 of the report "Career Firefighter Seriously Injured During Search Operations in a Residential Structure Fire – Oregon: F2024-03." Recommendation #6 states: "Firefighters protect new and older radios and cables by wearing radio straps under their turnout coat, with the radio extended below the bottom of the coat, and with the antenna tilted away to protect the cable from damage."
  
  File note: the full size print version of this poster, named "Protect Your Lifeline [portable radio] Poster, print size 24x16 inches" has a print area of 24 inches by 16 inches, with a file size of 47MB. It is attached below under the "Supporting Files" banner. The low resolution version of this poster, viewable in the document viewer window, was created to act as a preview of the full-sized original poster. Patrons are encoraged to use the file "Protect Your Lifeline [portable radio] Poster, print size 24x16 inches" as their default choice.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070986
• Citation:
  NIOSH [2025]. Portable Radio Placement during Interior Firefighting. By Attwood WR, Kiederer M, Page F, Wilkinson A, and Geromi R. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, F2024-03P.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  922160 - Fire Protection - (NAICS 2022)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d72102ed971822dd93c488a8a2b37ce739e15812acd45eea32d7e19a8f008a1257c4a5b550feda857fac8fa57fa2567e11bff0c7acbe4ed97a9470a2242da202
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232207/cdc_232207_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 240.60 KB ]