We evaluated performance of a modified Combat Task Test (CTT) and of standard fitness tests in 20 male subjects to assess the prediction of occupational performance standards for Kennedy Space Center fire fighters. The CTT consisted of stairclimbing, a chopping simulation, and a victim rescue simulation. Average CTT performance time was 3.61 +/- 0.25 min (SEM) and all CTT tasks required 93% to ...

This article discusses the identity processes involved in the transition to retirement for emergency service workers, which includes police officers, fire fighters, and emergency medical personnel. The author conducted a study using the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT) to determine what helped, hindered and might have helped emergency service workers in making decisions regarding ret...

Even though hierarchical group communication is a prominent communication model for a variety of applications, featured by hierarchical communication rules, it has not been sufficiently investigated in the security literature. In this paper, we introduce private hierarchical group communication and we determine its specific confidentiality requirements, then we propose an efficient key manageme...

studies. Am J Epidemiol 103: 226, 1976 20. Shurtleff D: Incidence of coronary heart disease by sex, age and level characteristic at exam for 22 characteristics. Section 10, U.S. DHEW, NIH, 1968 21. Barnard RJ, Gardner GW, Diaco NV: Ischemic heart disease in fire fighters with normal coronary arteries. J Occup Med 18: 818, 1976 22. Philbrick JT, Horwitz RI, Feinstein AR: Methodologic problems of...

Although the government took quick emergency action following the Kaohsiung gas explosion of 31 July 2014, there were still thirty-two persons (including six fire-fighters) killed and more than three hundred victims wounded. Because the explosion was caused by leaking industrial underground propene pipelines, it also seriously hurt the Kaohsiung energy supply system and economic development. It...

In their work, firefighters have a great risk of danger and require PPE in work. However, the reality field management is still not well implemented. This happens because facilities provided by local government Kabupaten Jember are maximal availability accordance with standard. The purpose this study was to assess personal protective equipment for fire fighters at Fire Department UPT Jember. re...