Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of on-duty death among firefighters
(45% of on-duty fatalities) and a major cause of morbidity. CVD in the fire service also has …

Firefighting is dangerous work. Each year, approximately 80,000 firefighters are injured and
about 100 firefighters lose their lives in the line of duty. Firefighters face multiple dangers in …

Background Heart disease causes 45% of the deaths that occur among US firefighters while
they are on duty. We examined duty-specific risks of death from coronary heart disease …

The occupation of firefighting is one that has repeatedly attracted the research interests of
ergonomics. Among the activities encountered are attention to live fires, performing search …

Elevated blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Increased risk begins in the prehypertensive range and increases further with higher …

Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is responsible for 45% of on-duty deaths among
United States firefighters. We sought to identify occupational and personal risk factors …

Working conditions for fire fighters can be described according to the environment
temperature and the incident radiant heat flux. Measurements for this study in buildings for …

Firefighting is a hazardous profession which has claimed on average the lives of 105 US
firefighters per year for the past decade. The leading cause of line-of-duty mortality is …

The current study examined whether reality-based practice under pressure may help in
preventing degradation of handgun shooting performance under pressure for police officers …

• Most firefighters recover from the stress of firefighting without incident. However, the
cardiovascular strain of firefighting may trigger a cardiovascular event in firefighters with an …