This paper describes a proposal on intelligent wearable sensor suit intended for being used by firemen. The main purpose of the suit is to monitor an internal health state of the fireman who wears the suit as well as parameters of external environment where the fireman is situated. As external parameters, inflammable and toxic gases are mainly considered thus the fireman can avoid danger from b...

The study was performed in a sample of 39 firemen. The state of health for each fire fighter was evaluated by means of a clinical examination and also through some specific exams. Aerobic capacity was estimated as an indicator of physical fitness. In each load, cardiac frequency and oxygen consumption were measured under a steady state condition. Additionally, body composition was calculated us...

Forest fires are an important problem for many countries. Prevention, surveillance and extinguishing tasks are costly and sometimes risky. This paper focuses on the surveillance of the fire embers once the fire is extinguished. This is a post-fire task which requires an important amount of terrestrial resources, especially if the weather conditions may provoke the re-ignition of the fire. We pr...

There are few reports of long term follow up of symptoms in firemen. In a four year study of symptoms in a group of 96 firemen (31 non-smokers, 40 smokers, and 25 ex-smokers) of which 89 remained in the study for its full duration a volunteer control group of 69 male non-smokers from a variety of occupations was also followed up. A history of symptoms and of smoking habits was obtained on entry...