Initiative 2: Risk Awareness and Accountability (Subscribe)
Categories
- Situational Risks (65)
- Environmental Risks (159) updated
- Risk Protection (20)
- Risk Reduction Practices (112) updated
- At-Risk Behaviors (7)
- NFFF Developed Resources (1)
Links
Ambulance attendant injured during accident.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000295.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 9/7/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: apparatus accidents, EMS transport safety, EMS providers
An analysis of occupational injuries occurring at the Downers Grove Fire Department from 1995 to 1999
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo31907.pdf
Author: Burns, David R.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 9, safety management documentation, occupational injuries, Initiative 2%0a
An epidemiologic study of cancer and other causes of mortality in San Francisco firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2008922&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Beaumont JJ, Chu GS, Jones JR, Schenker MB, Singleton JA, Piantanida LG, Reiterman M.
Date Published: 1991
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks, San Francisco mortality study, Initiative
An evaluation of noise from Northborough fire apparatus
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36350.pdf
Author: Houston, James S.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, noise exposure, hearing loss, hearing conservation%0a
Analysis of Smoldering Fires in Closed Compartments and Their Hazard Due to Carbon Monoxide
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire82/PDF/f82006.pdf
Author: Quintiere, J. G.; Birky, M. M.; McDonald, F.; Smith, G.
Date Published: September-December 1
Publisher: Fire and Materials
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, smoldering fires, carbon monoxide, environmental risks%0a
Analysis of the needlestick injury prevention program used by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo34644.pdf
Author: Brunton, Mark
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, needlesticks, risk protection, needlestick injury prevention%0a
Animal rescue turns hazardous.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000404.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 12/28/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: wild life, technical rescue operations, operational safety
Apparatus almost tips on non-emergent call.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000061.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 2/4/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: apparatus, situational awareness, Emergenc Response Policies
Apparatus check lacks coordination.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000237.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 6/27/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: apparatus & equipment design safety, communication, situational awareness
Apparatus check pays off.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000277.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 8/17/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: situational awareness, apparatus, safety
Apparatus nearly collide at intersection.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000256.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 7/21/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: response procedures, situational awareness, accident prevention
Application of real-time particle sensors to help mitigate exposures of wildland firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16961007&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Edwards R, Johnson M, Dunn KH, Naeher LP.
Date Published: January-February 200
Publisher: Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, protective technology, particle sensors, wildland firefighte
Asbestos Exposure and Fire Fighting
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24507.x
Author: Steven B. Markowitz, Karen Garibaldi, Ruth Lilis, and Philip J. Landrigan
Date Published: Dec 1991
Publisher: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, asbestos exposure, Initiative 6, medical risks%0a
Assessing an updated building inventory program for the Los Angeles Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D147462
Author: Bercik, Roxanne V
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 1, executive response management, risk assessment, preplanning, building inventory, Initiative 2
Assessment of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during firefighting by measurement of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9211208&query_hl=64&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Moen, BE; Ovrebo, S.
Date Published: 1997 Jun;39(6):515-9
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, cancer, environmental risks, hydrocarbons, toxic exposure, medical risks
Assessment of health effects in New York City firefighters after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs): the Staten Island Transformer Fire Health Surveillance Project.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12530594&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Kelly, KJ; Connelly, E; Reinhold, GA; Byrne, M; Prezant, DJ
Date Published: 2002 Jul-Aug;57(4)
Publisher: Archives of Environmental Healh
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, cancer, environmental risks, PCBs, toxic exposure, medical risks%0a
Assisting a citizen off duty threatens FF's life.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000394.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 12/27/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: weather conditions, operational safety, civilian incident
Association Between Lung Function and Exposure to Smoke Among Firefighters at Prescribed Burns
http://depts.washington.edu/pmcenter/res_rp_firefighters.pdf
Author: James C. Slaughter,1 Jane Q. Koenig,1 and Timothy E. Reinhardt
Date Published: Januar y 2004
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 6, lung function, smoke exposure, toxic exposures, Initiative 2, environmental risks, prescribed burns, wildland firefighting%0a
Attack team caught in structural collapse.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000103.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 3/5/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: basement fire, situational awareness, collapse
Auto fire involving magnesium damages PPE.
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/googlemini2/h11-0000304.html
Author: Anonymous
Date Published: 9/25/2011
Publisher: Firefighternearmiss.com
Keywords: vehicle fire suppression, magnesium, PPE
Automatic Emergency Resource Managament
http://www.onsiteert.com/
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April 14, 2011
Publisher: ERT Systems
Keywords: Firefighter accountability resources
Back Injury Avoidance for Firefighters
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA382988
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1985
Publisher: Army Safety Center Fort Rucker (AL)
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, risk reduction practices, back injury%0a
Backdraft Phenomena. Final Report. 1990-1992
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire94/PDF/f94008.pdf
Author: Fleischmann, C. M.
Date Published: June 1994
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, fire behavior, structural firefighting, backdraft, Initiative 2%0a
Balance Abilities of Workers in Physically Demanding Jobs: With Special Reference to Firefighters of Different Ages
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=115480&toc=y
Author: Anne Punakallio
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, situational risks, balance, falls%0a
Baseline measurements of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15559331&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Reinhardt TE, Ottmar RD.
Date Published: September 2004
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 2, wildland firefighting, smoke exposure, medical risks%0a