firefighter health and safety - brad aisbett
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Lesson 2:
We are good at managing the fire, but not good at managing ourselves
Firefighter Health & Safety
Fatigue
Fitness
Hydration
Cardiovascular Health
Manage your fatigue
21 hours awake?
·05
Manage your hydration
Why?
↑
decisionmaking↓
productivity↓
Risk of collapse↑
Dehydration
Dehydration
Dehydration
12 hr+
Dehydration
3 studies!
3 studies!
Firefighters arrive dehydrated
3 studies!
Firefighters leave dehydrated
3 studies!
Firefighting causes dehydration
Manage your fitness
Why?
Less fit firefighters get injured more often
Injured firefighters ↓ workforce
Injured firefighters ↑ compen$ation
Fit for duty?
What are the critical tasks?
Operationally Important
Operationally Important
Physically demanding
Operationally Important
Physically demanding
Frequent
Hosework
Manual tool work
What are the dominant actions?
%
How much of your shift is physically
demanding?
15%
Phys
ical
Dem
and
Heart Attack
PHYSICAL CAPABILITY
Manage your cardiovascular health
Who’s at risk?
≥ 45 yr
≥ 45 yr
≥ 45 yr
≥ 45 yr
Manage your…
Manage your…research
What are we doing?Dehydration on the fireground
Cardiovascular health assessments
Fit for duty testing & validation