Background The public safety sector includes law enforcement officers (LEO), corrections
officers (CO), firefighter service (FF), wildland firefighting (WFF), and emergency medical …

Fatigue in emergency first responders (EFRs) is known to affect performance abilities and
safety outcomes for both patients and EFRs. The primary aim of this review was to determine …

Firefighters require a high level of physical fitness to meet the demands of their job. The
correlations and contributions of individual physical health parameters to the tasks of …

Musculoskeletal injuries in firefighters are a common occurrence, that increase as
firefighters age, and may be related to the firefighters' physical activity habits outside of the …

Resistance exercise is an important strategy to reduce injuries and improve performance in
the fire service. However, given the large age range of firefighters, it is important to …

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of repeated bouts of shiftwork on
lower extremity maximal and rapid strength and reaction time in career firefighters. Thirty-five …

Decreasing exercise tolerance is one of the key features related to a poor prognosis in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cardiopulmonary exercise …

Welding processes are critical for shipbuilding operations in shipyards. Welders'
performance is critical for the quality and speed of the welding; on the other hand, welding …

The use of knowledge-based information systems to improve human performance has been
limited by a lack of comprehension of how an individual's performance diminishes when …

Fatigue and stress are critical variables that impair railway train drivers' safety performance,
and individual differences may influence these effects. This study investigates how fatigue …