Keep the Defensive Fight at least 1.5x the Height!

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Fire-damaged surfaces may collapse onto firefighters. Firefighters are at significant risk of death and serious injury from structural collapse because it often occurs without warning. Keep the defensive fight at least 1.5X the height! Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Firefighters
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Fire fighters
  • Collapse zones
  • Fire fighting
  • Injury prevention
  • Safety practices
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia Region OSHA ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071745
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2026 Mar; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259970/cdc_259970_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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