Preventing deaths and injuries of fire fighters working at basement and other below-grade fires

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• Personal Author:
  Loflin, Murrey E. ; Merinar, Timothy R. ; Morris, Gary P. ; Wertman, Stacy C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Description:
  "Fire fighters are at significant risk of injury or death when fighting fires in basements or floors below-grade level. The increased risk is due to limited entry and egress
  
  working above the fire
  
  weakened floor structures
  
  being caught in the fire's flow path
  
  unknown fire load
  
  ventilation issues
  
  utility panels, hanging wires, meters, and connections
  
  and appliances. These risks can lead to fire fighter entrapment from floor collapse, burns, and asphyxiation. Fire departments should conduct a complete 360-degree size-up to locate the fire, attack the fire externally, and reassess fire conditions prior to conducting interior operations." - NIOSHRIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20052217
  
  
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2018154
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052217
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c62a9038827db8497eff034bc80c61648183367f24e80d34125f57d879ae5778ab166a041af1ff9e61d5b9df500d6da8732a3ac3dca9b4083fdad415ff1a0fa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58329/cdc_58329_DS1.pdf
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