Initiative 6: Physical Health (Subscribe)
Categories
- Medical Fitness (42)
- Medical Risks (221)
- Physical Fitness (130)
- Wellness Programs (31)
Links
Airway responsiveness of firefighters after smoke exposure.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2393631&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Chia KS, Jeyaratnam J, Chan TB, Lim TK.
Date Published: August 1990
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, smoke inhalation, tox
Alcoholism and firefighters: an intervention strategy
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Piland, Mark L
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, lifestyle, alcohol abuse, alcoholism intervention
An analysis of successful physical fitness program implementations for the volunteer/paid-on-call fi
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Fiser, Paul H
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness programs, volunteer fire department
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 Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department's wellness and physical fitness program
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Simon, Stephen G
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, wellness programs
Anaerobic Power Performance of Incumbent Female Firefighters
http://faculty.fullerton.edu/leebrown/PDF%2520Files/Findley-Anaerobic%2520power%2520performance%2520of%2520incumbent%2520female%2520firefighters.pdf
Author: Brian W. Findley, Lee E. Brown, and Michael Whitehurst
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, strength and conditioning, female firefighters
Analyzing and improving physical fitness of the Roswell Fire Department
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo37731.pdf
Author: Mann, Chris
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, physical fitness programs
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
Assessing Firefighter Aerobic Capacity: The Rockport Field Test
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60171/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/ASSESSING-FIREFIGHTER-AEROBIC-CAPACITY:--THE-ROCKPORT-FIELD-TES
Author: John Lecuyer
Date Published: February 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, aerobic capacity, work capacity
Assessment of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during firefighting by measurement of uri
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 bipheny
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
Assistant chief dies as a result of a cardiorespiratory arrest at the scene of a search and rescue o
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face9930.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: December 12, 1998
Publisher: NIOSH 99-F30
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6
Assistant Chief suffers a stroke during training and dies - Texas
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200615.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April 3, 2006
Publisher: NIOSH F2006-15
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6
Assistant Chief suffers heart attack and dies after completing a walk test - Montana
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200441.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: June 8, 2004
Publisher: NIOSH F2004-41
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6
Assistant chief suffers sudden cardiac death during response to a boat fire -Wisconsin
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200442.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: September 26, 2004
Publisher: NIOSH F2004-42
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6
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
Association of Body Mass Index and Health Status in Firefighters
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200210000-00013.htm;jsessionid=G11GH9GyhPGVQThtmRyV4hlJGw2KlMqPgLhG7N3n9kyFpXYps2gG!-1870145763!-949856144!8091!-1
Author: Clark, Sharon DO, MA, MPH; Rene, Antonio PhD, MPH; Theurer, Wesley M. DO, MPH; Marshall, Muriel DO,
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 44(10):940-946
Keywords: Initiative 6, body mass index
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
Battalion chief dies as a result of a heart attack that occuring during training - Illinois
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face9920.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: February 25, 1998
Publisher: NIOSH 99-F20
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6
Battalion chief suffers a heart attack and eventually dies while participating in a fitness program
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/pdfs/face200015.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: October 15, 1997
Publisher: NIOSH F2000-15
Keywords: Initiative 9, fatality/injury investigation, cardiac death, Initiative 6
Biological Agents as Weapons: Medical Implications
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60763/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/BIOLOGICAL-AGENTS-AS-WEAPONS:-MEDICAL-IMPLICATIONS
Author: Ken Miller
Date Published: January 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, hazmat response, terrorism response, Initiative 6, medical risks, biological agents
Biological monitoring of fire fighters: sister chromatid exchange and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2503247&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Liou SH, Jacobson-Kram D, Poirier MC, Nguyen D, Strickland PT, Tockman MS.
Date Published: September 1989
Publisher: Cancer Research
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, medical risks, Initiative 6, cancer, diet/nutrition
Biomonitoring of chemical exposure among New York City firefighters responding to the World Trade Ce
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=14644665&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Edelman P, Osterloh J, Pirkle J, Caudill SP, Grainger J, Jones R, Blount B, Calafat A, Turner W, Fel
Date Published: December 2003
Publisher: Environ Health Perspect.
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, World Trade Center, chemical exposure, environmental risks
Blood-borne pathogens among firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16036853&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: April-June 2005
Publisher: Prehospital Emergency Care
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, bloodborne pathogens
Burn injuries in firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=8903744&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Cimino, VG, Krosner, SM, Hanumadass, ML
Date Published: 1995 Oct-Dec;10(4)
Publisher: Occupational Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, burn injuries