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Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014 Objective: This article reports new anthropometric information of U.S. firefighters for fire apparatus design applications (Study 1) and presents a data method to assist in firefighter anthropometric data usage for research-to-practice propositions (Study 2). Background: Up-to-date anthropometric information of the U.S. firefighter population is needed
Hongwei, Hsiao +5 more
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Mental health of UK firefighters
Scientific Reports, 2023 Exposure to trauma, high-stress situations, and disrupted sleep are well known risk factors affecting firefighters’ mental health. Little is known about the association between firefighters’ exposure to fire contaminants and mental health disorders.
Taylor A. M. Wolffe +4 more
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, 2021 This entry has been realised in the framework of the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 project “LoGov - Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay”. LoGov aims to provide solutions for local governments that address the fundamental challenges resulting from urbanisation.
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Physical fitness levels of South Korean national male and female firefighters
Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2020 Background/Objecitves: Fire-fighting is highly required with aerobic fitness, strength, and body composition. However, there is a lack of comprehensive physical fitness data for South Korean firefighters.
Kyoungmin Noh +11 more
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Sleep Patterns of Firefighters with Shift Working Schedules in Seoul Metropolitan Area [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Research, 2017 Background and Objective Firefighters suffer from irregular and inadequate sleep, often due to their shift work schedule. The purpose of this study was to investigate the shift work schedules and their effects on the quality of sleep in Korean ...
Hyun Woo Kim +6 more
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A Profile of Injuries Sustained by Firefighters: A Critical Review [PDF]
, 2019 Firefighters, along with other tactical personnel, are at a high risk of work-related physical injury above that of the private sector. The aim of this critical narrative review was to identify, critically appraise and synthesise key findings from recent
Canetti, Elisa +3 more
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PSICOLOGIA, 2023 Firefighters have high exposure to traumatic events and have an increased risk of developing symptoms related to trauma. The current study assessed the psychological morbidity, empathy and alexithymia of volunteer firefighters compared to career firefighters and to non-firefighter comparators from the general population. Group differences were assessed
Rodrigues,Fabiana +4 more
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Nie patrz mi na ręce : wpływ obecności świadków na realizację zadań ratowniczych [PDF]
, 2018 Strażacy podczas działań ratowniczych funkcjonują w otoczeniu społecznym, w związku z tym pozostają pod wpływem społecznym i sami go wywołują. Jednym z subtelnych przejawów wpływu społecznego jest efekt facylitacji społecznej polegający na zmianie w ...
Bańbura, Anna +3 more
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Journal of Safety and SustainabilityEquipment malfunctions and failures are a common cause of workplace injury. Here, we examined experiences with equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure malfunctions and failures, associated injuries, illnesses and casualties, and confidence in repair and ...
Grace DeBusschere +5 more
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Theoretical Computer Science, 2019 In the Firefighter problem, introduced by Hartnell in 1995, a fire spreads through a graph while a player chooses which vertices to protect in order to contain it. In this paper, we focus on the case of trees and we consider as well the Fractional Firefighter game where the amount of protection allocated to a vertex lies between 0 and 1.
Coupechoux, Pierre +3 more
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