INTRODUCTION By the nature of their activities, firefighters are exposed to a high risk of contracting hepatitis B virus (HBV) as most of the Fire Brigade occurrences in Campo Grande, State of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brazil, are related to the rescue of victims of traffic accidents and the transportation of clinical and psychiatric emergencies. The aim of this study was to investigate the sero...

We consider the problem of firefighting to save a critical subset of nodes. The firefighting game is a turn-based game played on a graph, where the fire spreads to vertices in a breadth-first manner from a source, and firefighters can be placed on yet unburnt vertices on alternate rounds to block the fire. In this work, we consider the problem of saving a critical subset of nodes from catching ...

In the over three decades since its establishment in 1990, Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) Library has been a leader through taking initiative developing and maintaining partnerships for benefit of primary user community: firefighters Illinois. Partnerships at local, state, national, international levels have allowed IFSI to respond unique information needs creation continued use service...

Turnout gear provides protection against dermal exposure to contaminants during firefighting; however, the level of protection is unknown. We explored the dermal contribution to the systemic dose of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other aromatic hydrocarbons in firefighters during suppression and overhaul of controlled structure burns. The study was organized into two rounds, three ...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the nature of association between job stress and occupational injuries among firefighters in Korea. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING We conducted a nationwide survey using self-reported questionnaires in South Korea. PARTICIPANTS A survey was conducted among 30 630 firefighters; 25 616 (83.6%) responded. Our study included firefighters who were 20-59 year...

Research on the development of volunteer firefighter systems has highlighted limitations South Korean system. These are categorized by a lack community disaster safety service activities, response cooperation networks, and support to revitalize firefighters. The US 676,900 (65%) firefighters, their qualifications similar full-time National Volunteer Fire Council is self-reliant, plays practical...

This study empirically analyzed the effects of job autonomy and satisfaction on organizational commitment firefighters performing current standard daily routine for firefighters, aimed to provide basic data days improvements that reflect working environment dispatch characteristics. It is unreasonable uniformly apply unpredictable firefighters. As a result analyzing sample nationwide, it was fo...

Professional firefighting is among the most demanding jobs. Prior studies have showed the notable prevalence of poor sleep quality among professional firefighters that may result in catastrophes. The aim of this study was in field confirmation of zolpidem usage (10 mg/PO/bed time) for short term management of poor sleeps quality among professional firefighters. In a double-blind, randomized, pl...