Workplace Solutions: Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters During Training Exercises

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Bowyer, Matt E. ; Miles, Virginia ; Baldwin, Tommy N. ; Hales, Thomas R. ; Frederick, Linda ; Berardinelli, Stephen P. Jr. ; Jackson, John S.
• Description:
  Fire fighters are at risk of death or injury during training activities. The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) recommends training in accordance with established standards to prevent life-threatening consequences. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accdients, Occupational Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Environmental Exposure Firefighters Fires Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Wounds And Injuries

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• Keywords:
  Fire fighters; Fire fighting; Fatalities; Mortality rates; Morbidity rates; Injuries; Traumatic injuries; Exposure levels; Risk factors; Training; Heart attacks; Surveillance; Cardiovascular disease; Physical fitness; Equipment operation
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-113, 2016 Dec; :1-5
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049033
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:59e4ec0d7e54f81ec5e1e16fc48d8920f59b679c403e00187c9c74cc01af858a5c787d10a2fb2373cfd769ed0ad8a4b2393ee3cf1cd8bd7b0d591e4a57c36996
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43251/cdc_43251_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]