FIRE ENGINEERING FEATURES
TRAINING GUIDES
 | Understanding Fireground Threats, Risks, and PPE
There have arguably been fewer collections of material more sentinel to the evolution of safer firefighting and firefighter health/wellness than the three pieces presented in this Fire-Dex-sponsored training digest. Understanding the increased risk associated with the off-gassing of PPE post firefighting presents several opportunities to evolve our postfire activities and reduce toxic exposure. Gaining a greater understanding of how our PPE specification may be contributing to heat stress is critical to future modifications, designs, and fabric choices. Understanding heat stress as it relates to cardiovascular risks provides critical insight into prefire, firefighting, and postfire activities.
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Recent Major Firefighting News: MD Firefighters Shot, VA Firefighter's Body Found, Ecuador Quake
Two Maryland firefighter were shot, one fatally, while responding to a medical call, while the body of Fairfax County (VA) Firefighter Nicole Mittendorff was found, prompting an investigation into allegations of cyberbullying related to her death. Memphis Fire Lieutenant Rodney Eddins died on the fireground, and hundreds died in a massive earthquake in Ecuador.
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Corbett's Trivia: Cancer and the Fire Service
What two significant fires in the ‘70s/early ‘80s underscored the connection between toxicity on the fireground and firefighter cancer?
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Fire Engineering
03/01/2016
Volume 169, Issue 3
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