Risk Reduction Practices

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

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Fire shelter performance in simulated wildfires: an exploratory study

Author: Bret W Butler; Ted Putnam
Date Published: 2001, 10(1) 29 - 44
Publisher: International Journal of Wildland Fire
Keywords: protective technology, fire shelter, wildland firefighting, radiant heat, convective heat, Initiative 8

Real World Application of an Aftermarket Driver Human Factors Real Time Auditory Monitoring and Feedback Device: An Emergency Service Perspective

Author: Nadine Levick, Larry Wiersch, Michael E. Nagel
Date Published: June 2007
Publisher: International Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Technical Paper
Keywords: risk reduction practices, driver monitoring device, ambulance driver safety, Initiative 8, management technology, Initiative 11

Guide to Managing an Emergency Service Infection Control Program

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: infection, Initiative 6, Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, environmental risks, situational risks, infection control

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs

Author: LaTourrette, Peterson, Bartis, Jackson, Houser
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: Rand Science and Technology Policy Institute
Keywords: Initiative 1, Initiative 2, risk protection, terrorism response

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4 – Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events

Author: Willis, Henry H; Castle, Nicolas G, Sloss, Elizabeth M; Bartis, James T
Date Published: 2006*
Publisher: Rand Science and Technology Policy Institute
Keywords: Initiative 1, Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, terrorism response, structural collapse

Efficacy of an intervention to promote use of hearing protection devices by firefighters.

Author: Ewigman, BG; Kivlahan, CH; Hosokawa, MC; Horman, D
Date Published: 1990 Jan-Feb;105(1):
Publisher: Public Health Report
Keywords: noise exposure, Initiative 2, environmental risks, hearing loss

Emergency Medical Vehicle Collisions and Potential for Preventive Intervention

Author: Catherine B. Custalow; Craig S. Gravitz
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Prehospital Emergency Care
Keywords: Initiative 11, response policies, ambulance accidents

The utility of tympanic versus oral temperature measurements of firefighters in emergency incident rehabilitation operations

Author: Dickinson, Bevilacqua, Hill, Sites, Wurster, Mechem
Date Published: July 2003
Publisher: Prehospital Emergency Care
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, rehab, core temperature, tympanic measurements

Behavioral Health Risk Factors of United States Emergency Medical Technicians: The LEADS Project

Author: Pirrallo, Ronald G; Dickison, Philip D; Levine, Roger
Date Published: July � August 2005
Publisher: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, at-risk behaviors, risk reduction practices, EMS operations

Relationship of restraint use, patient injury, and assaults on EMS personnel

Author: Cheney, PR; Gossett, L; Fullerton-Gleason, L; Weiss, SJ; Ernst, AA; Sklar, D
Date Published: 2006 Apr-Jun;10(2):2
Publisher: Prehospital Emergency Care
Keywords: patient restraints, EMS operations, Initiative 12, patient assault