Firefighting is physically and physiologically exhausting besides encompassing exposure to
toxic fire emissions. Biomonitoring studies from the past five years have been significantly …

Objectives Due to accelerating wildland fire activity, there is mounting urgency to
understand, prevent, and mitigate the occupational health impacts associated with wildland …

Climate change favors weather conditions conducive to wildland fires. The intensity and
frequency of forest fires are increasing, and fire seasons are lengthening. Exposure of …

Background Over 45% of firefighter deaths are attributable to sudden cardiac death related
to coronary artery disease (CAD), with many of these deaths attributed to comorbidities. The …

Wildland firefighters (WLFFs) are inserted as the front-line defense to minimize loss of
natural resources, property, and human life when fires erupt in forested regions of the world …

Purpose To understand the association between heart rate variability and indices of fatigue,
total sleep time, and reaction time in shift workers. Methods Ten participants from the British …

While mounting evidence suggests that wildland fire smoke (WFS) inhalation may increase
the burden of cardiopulmonary disease, the occupational risk of repeated exposure during …

Objective: To document the effects of wildland firefighter (WLFF) critical training (CT) on
physiologic markers of muscle damage and acute overreaching. Methods: Eighteen male …

Objectives Work is an under-recognized social determinant of health. There is limited
research describing US wildland firefighter (WFF) workforce demographics or how to work …

Objective: To identify physiologic stressors related to cardiovascular disease via changes in
metabolic, inflammatory, and oxidative stress biomarkers during 2 weeks of preseason …