Workplace Solutions: Preventing Death and Injuries of Fire Fighters Operating Modified Excess/Surplus Vehicles

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Berardinelli, Stephen P. Jr. ; Koedam, Robert E. ; Lutz, Virginia ; Wertman, Stacy C.
• Description:
  Fire fighters may be at risk for crash-related injuries while operating excess and other surplus vehicles that have been modified for fire service use. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has summarized recommendations to prevent injuries and deaths while operating these vehicles. Fire departments with limited financial resources often craft fire apparatus out of excess/surplus military and other vehicles as an affordable alternative to new or used apparatus designed for fire fighting. Some excess/surplus vehicles are loaned to fire departments by the Federal Excess Personal Property Program or acquired through the Department of Defense Fire Fighter Property Program, or from state agencies. Fire departments are responsible for any modifications, maintenance, and upkeep of these vehicles [US Forest Service 2009]. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "CDC workplace safety and health."
  
  "The principal contributors to this publication were CDR Steve Berardinelli, Robert Koedam, Virginia Lutz, and Stacy C. Wertman. CDR Berardinelli and Mr. Koedam previously worked for NIOSH." -- p. [4].
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Case Reports Emergencies Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Fire-fighters; Fire-fighting-equipment; Mortality-data; Motor-vehicles; Emergency-equipment; Emergency-responders; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Transportation; Traumatic-injuries; Safety-measures; Occupational-accidents; Accident-prevention; Accident-rates; Surveillance-programs; Motor-vehicle-parts; Case-studies; Training; Drivers
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: 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. 2011-125, 2010 Dec; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2011125
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038088
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-103877
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:81798b7b1037308ca624bdf3c30499f34bf832d3e8a6493e47409b5d734125ba78f2e1ca513e17aced233f644f36f920a956f3a319fb9b332fac8ed867815250
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5898/cdc_5898_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.84 MB ]