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Title: | Firefighter Fatalities and Injuries: The Role of Heat Stress and PPE |
Author(s): | Firefighter Life Safety Research Center, Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Subject(s): | Firefighters
Firefighter life safety Life safety research |
Abstract: | More firefighters die in the line of duty from heart attacks than from any other cause. And slips, trips and falls cause a large number of firefighter injuries. While the origins of heart attack and slip, trip and fall may appear unrelated, previous research suggests that heat stress may be a common causal factor in both heart attacks and slips, trips and falls. Research further suggests that one common, critical factor can potentially mitigate both of these injuries and fatalities: modified personal protective equipment (PPE). This report of the "Cardiovascular and Biomechanical Responses to Fire Fighting and PPE" research project provides a review of the known research and new and important findings concerning the interrelationship of cardiovascular function, biomechanics, and the design of personal protective equipment. |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Publisher: | Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois |
Genre: | Technical Report |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/9137 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Peer Reviewed: | not peer reviewed |
Rights Information: | Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2008-10-23 |
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Firefighter Life Safety Research Center
This collection contains research publications from the Firefighter Life Safety Research Center at the Illinois Fire Service Institute.