Initiative 2: Accountability

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• Situational Risks (93)
• Environmental Risks (169)
• Risk Protection (19)
• Risk Reduction Practices (168)
• At-Risk Behaviors (20)
• NFFF Developed Resources (2)

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Municipal firefighter exposure groups, time spent at fires and use of self-contained-breathing-apparatus.

Author: Austin CC, Dussault G, Ecobichon DJ.
Date Published: December 2001
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, environmental risks, SCBA, risk protection, operational safe

Mortality of a municipal-worker cohort: IV. Fire fighters.

Author: Vena JE, Fiedler RC.
Date Published: 1987;11:671– 684.
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, Initiative 9, mortality study

Lung function in fire fighters, I: a three year follow-up of active subjects.

Author: Musk AW, Peters JM, Wegman DH.
Date Published: July 1977
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function

Is testicular cancer an occupational disease of fire fighters?

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, testicular cancer, environmental risks

Injuries on the fireground: risk factors for traumatic injuries among professional fire fighters.

Author: Heineman EF, Shy CM, Checkoway H.
Date Published: 1989
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, situational risks, smoke inhalation, fireground injuries, burns

Health hazards of firefighters: acute pulmonary effects after toxic exposures Popular

Author: Brandt-Rauf PW, Cosman B, Fallon LF Jr, Tarantini T, Idema C.
Date Published: March 1989
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: toxic exposure, Initiative 6, Initiative 2, medical risks, environmental risks, smoke inhalation, lu

Health hazards of fire fighters: exposure assessment.

Author: Brandt-Rauf PW, Fallon LF Jr, Tarantini T, Idema C, Andrews L.
Date Published: September 1988
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, medical risks, environmental risks, smoke inhalation

Firefighting and risk of testicular cancer: results from a German population-based case-control study

Author: Stang A, Jöckel KH, Baumgardt-Elms C, Ahrens W.
Date Published: March 2003
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Firefighter safety and health issues at the World Trade Center site.

Author: Spadafora R.
Date Published: December 2002
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, medical risks, environmental risks, situational risks, World Trade Cente

Forest worker exposure to airborne herbicide residues in smoke from prescribed fires in the southern United States.

Author: McMahon CK, Bush PB.
Date Published: Aprril 1992
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: toxic exposure, Initiative 2, environmental risks, wildland firefighting, herbicides, smoke inhalati