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Inhalation Toxicity of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Cyanide Gases Released During the Thermal Decomp
http://jfs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/6/3/195
Author: Francis Michael Esposito , Yves Alarie
Date Published: Vol. 6, No. 3, 195-2
Publisher: Journal of Fire Sciences
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 15
Injuries and illnesses among New York City Fire Department rescue workers after responding to the Wo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12238534&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Date Published: 2002 Sep 11;51
Publisher: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, medical risks, World Trade Center
Injuries on the fireground: risk factors for traumatic injuries among professional fire fighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2929616&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Heineman EF, Shy CM, Checkoway H.
Date Published: 1989
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, environmental risks, fireground injuries, smoke inhalation, burns,
Is testicular cancer an occupational disease of fire fighters?
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/85011110/ABSTRACT
Author: Michael N. Bates, Jackie Fawcett, Nick Garrett, Richard Arnold, Neil Pearce, Alistair Woodward
Date Published: Volume 40, Issue 3 ,
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks, testicular cancer, Initiative 2
Job Related Cancers in Firefighters
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Unsorted/JOB%2520RELATED%2520CANCERS%2520IN%2520FIREFIGHTERS.pdf
Author: King, John K
Date Published: August 2003*
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer
Lung function in fire fighters, I: a three year follow-up of active subjects.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=879389&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Musk AW, Peters JM, Wegman DH.
Date Published: July 1977
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, environmental risks
Mandatory SCBA Usage During All Facets of Smoke Exposure Activities
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Tactical%2520Operations/Mandatory%2520SCBA%2520Usage%2520During%2520all%2520Facets%2520of%2520Exposure%2520Activities.pdf
Author: Jeff Oldenburg
Date Published: August 2002
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, SCBA, smoke exposure, environmental risks
Memphis Fire Department (fatal high-rise fire)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/1994-0244-2431.pdf
Author: Ted A. Pettit, Tim R. Merinar
Date Published: June 1994
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, environmental risks, high-rise firefighting hazards, fatality/injury investigation, risk protection, risk reduction practices, health hazard evaluation
Municipal firefighter exposure groups, time spent at fires and use of self-contained-breathing-appar
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11757045&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Austin CC, Dussault G, Ecobichon DJ.
Date Published: December 2001
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, risk protection, risk reduction practices, SCBA, operational safe
Noise exposure
http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=5710&bFlag=0&ID=16
Author: Tubbs-RL
Date Published: 1982
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, noise exposure, hearing loss, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices
Noninvasive CO measurement by first responders: A suggested management algorithm
http://www.jems.com/data/pdf/COSupplement.pdf
Author: Neil B. Hampson, Lindell K. Weaver
Date Published: Spring 2006
Publisher: Lethal Exposure, JEMS Supp.
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, carbon monoxide, toxic exposures, smoke inhalation, risk reduction practices
Occupational exposures in California wildland fire fighting.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1317093&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Materna BL, Jones JR, Sutton PM, Rothman N, Harrison RJ.
Date Published: January 1992
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, wildland firefighting, toxic exposure
Occupational fatalities in emergency medical services: A hidden crisis.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB0-47HPN4H-C&_user=10&_coverDate=12%252F31%252F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=fbff4e3f736c2eab2bc2652ad6d67b65
Author: B. Maguire
Date Published: Volume 40, Issue 6,
Publisher: Annals of Emergency Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, environmental risks, Initiative 9, EMS fatalities
Occupational health concerns of firefighting.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1599583&dopt=Citation
Author: Guidotti TL, Clough VM.
Date Published: 1992;13:151-71
Publisher: Annual Review of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks
Occupational Injuries among Firefighters in an Urban Fire Department
http://intl.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/5/482-a
Author: Mechem, Crawford; Shofer, Frances S; Comerford, Thomas; Jaslow, David
Date Published: Volume 7, Number 5,
Publisher: Academic Emergency Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, environmental risks, firefighter occupational injuries, injury stud
PCB exposure
http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=5879&bFlag=0&ID=17
Author: Salisbury-S
Date Published: 1982
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, PCBs, toxic exposure, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices
Physical/psychological response to Hurricane Katrina, floodwaters, etc.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=41205&bFlag=0&ID=12
Author: Tak-S; Dowell-CH
Date Published: October 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, floodwater, Initiative 13, mental health risks, Hurricane Katrina, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices
Physiological tolerance to uncompensable heat stress: effects of exercise intensity, protective clot
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/77/1/216
Author: Cadarette, Bruce S. , McKay, James M. , Montain, Scott J. , Quigley, Mark D. , and Sawka, Michael N.
Date Published: 77: 216-222, 1994
Publisher: Journal of Applied Physiology
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, heat stress, protective clothing
Potential radiation exposure mitigation and awareness
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Heath, Ninette
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, radiation exposure, environmental risks, risk protection, exposure mitigation
Presumption for selected cancers and occupation as a firefighter in Manitoba: the rationale for rece
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=3526&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or
Author: Tee L. Guidotti
Date Published: 2003 - Vol. 4, No.2/
Publisher: International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks
Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Fire Fighters
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire.html
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: September 1994
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, environmental risks, risk reduction practices, risk protection
Project Aquarius 10. Effects of work, weather, and fire on the energy expenditure, strain, and produ
http://pomology.org/000/859/000859225.html
Author: Baker, M. M., Beasley, F. A., Brotherhood, J. R., Budd, G. M., Cheney, N. P., Costin, B. P., Dawson,
Date Published: June 1997
Publisher: International Journal of Wildland Fire
Keywords: Initiative 2, wildland firefighting, environmental factors, work capacity
Project Aquarius 13. The thermal burden of high insulation and encapsulation in wildland firefighter
http://trophort.com/003/244/003244295.html
Author: Baker, M. M., Beasley, F. A., Brotherhood, J. R., Budd, G. M., Cheney, N. P., Costin, B. P., Dawson,
Date Published: June 1997
Publisher: International Journal of Wildland Fire
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, heat stress, wildland firefighting, wildland protective clothing
Project Aquarius 6. Heat load from exertion, weather, and fire in men suppressing wildland fires
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Baker, M. M., Beasley, F. A., Brotherhood, J. R., Budd, G. M., Cheney, N. P., Costin, B. P., Dawson,
Date Published: June 1997
Publisher: International Journal of Wildland Fire
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental factors, heat stress, wildland firefighting
Prolonged Airway and Systemic Inflammatory Reactions After Smoke Inhalation
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/123/2/475
Author: Gye Young Park; Jeong Woong Park; Dong Hae Jeong; Seong Hwan Jeong
Date Published: 2003; Vol. 123
Publisher: Chest
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, smoke inhalation, medical risks, lung function