This report provides a summary of research conducted through a grant provided by the
Workplace Safety Insurance Board of Ontario. The research was divided into two phases; …

Firefighters in Queensland are exposed to hot, humid weather conditions that contribute to
the overall workload encountered during emergency operations. Responding to certain …

The purpose of the study was to compare body temperature responses from subjects who
exercised while wearing firefighter clothing to predictive data from a real-time …

Most duties performed by firefighters require the use of personal protective equipment,
which inhibits normal thermoregulation during exertion, creating an uncompensable heat …

This study examined whether active or passive cooling during intermittent work reduced the
heat strain associated with wearing firefighting protective clothing (FPC) and selfcontained …

The use of phase change cool vests during firefighting and the efficacy of 20min cold water
hand immersion following such activity was investigated. Core temperature was unaffected …

The cardiorespiratory and thermal responses of two intensities of treadmill exercise were
compared for brief periods (12 min) in fire ensemble (FE) but without self contained …

Giesbrecht GG, Jamieson C, Cahill F. Cooling hyperthermic firefighters by immersing
forearms and hands in 10° C and 20° C water. Aviat Space Environ Med 2007; 78: 561–567 …

Despite extensive documentation directed specifically toward mitigating thermal strain of first
responders, we wished to ascertain the degree to which first responders applied cooling …

This study tested a new portable cooling device for fire fighting recovery. Participants (N= 8)
walked and did arm curls (time-weighted VO2: 1.6 L· min− 1 on a treadmill for 40 min in a …