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Physical Demand Assessment of Volunteer Firefighters During Wildland Firefighting

Fire
Wildland firefighting is physically and mentally demanding. The aerobic capacity of firefighters is important due to the demands of the activity and the associated occupational risks. The main objectives of this study were to identify and characterise the physically demanding tasks undertaken by volunteer firefighters during wildland fires (real work ...
Tatiana Teixeira, Pedro Pratas, Joana Santos, Pedro R. Monteiro, João Santos Baptista, Mário A. P. Vaz, Joana C. Guedes   +6 more
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An evaluation of cooling Portland cement mortars exposed to high temperature, by using firefighting foam [PDF]

, 2023
Ebru Dinler
openalex   +1 more source

Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural soils: Current understanding, overlooked issues, and future priorities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in agriculture represent a growing global challenge for food safety and public health. In this review, we synthesized evidence on how substances such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) enter soils, accumulate in crops, and affect ecological and human health. We found
Laura J. Carter, Evyatar Ben Mordechay, Benny Chefetz, Zeyou Chen, Xinyi Cui, Jay Gan, Hui Li, Audrey Moores, Xiaoyu Gao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing Fire Weather Season Overlap Between North America and Australia Challenges Firefighting Cooperation

Earth's Future
The USA, Canada and Australia are members of an international partnership that shares firefighting resources, including equipment and personnel.
Doug Richardson, Andreia F. S. Ribeiro, Fulden Batibeniz, Yann Quilcaille, Andrea S. Taschetto, Andrew J. Pitman, Jakob Zscheischler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple UAV Swarms Collaborative Firefighting Strategy Considering Forest Fire Spread and Resource Constraints

Drones
To address the demands of efficient forest fire detection and suppression, an adaptive multiple UAV swarm collaborative firefighting strategy considering dynamic forest fire spread and resource constraints was proposed in this paper.
Pei Zhu, Rui Song, Jiangao Zhang, Ziheng Xu, Yaqi Gou, Zhi Sun, Quan Shao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

7.1 THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF LIVE FIREFIGHTING ON ARTERIAL FUNCTION IN FIREFIGHTERS

Artery Research, 2016
Background: Aging is associated with increased arterial stiffness and wave reflection, which is predictive of all-cause cardiovascular (CV) mortality (1–3). Firefighters have the highest cardiovascular mortality of any occupational group (4). High levels
Alexander Rosenberg, Kanokwan Bunsawat, Tommy Wee, Tracy Baynard, Gavin Horn, Denise Smith, Bo Fernhall   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tracking Chart 2009 Nike, Inc., Vietnam, Factory 2 [PDF]

, 2009
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Fair Labor Association
core   +1 more source

Assessing wildfire dynamics during a megafire in Portugal using the MesoNH/ForeFire coupled model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Weather conditions affect megafires by inducing different fire behaviors over several days or weeks. The coupled MesoNH/ForeFire code was used to represent the dynamics of fire generating pyro‐convective clouds. To advance the understanding of wildfire dynamics, high‐resolution coupled fire–atmosphere modeling was employed.
Cátia Campos, Flavio Tiago Couto, Filippe L. M. Santos, Paulo Pinto, Carolina Purificação, Hugo Miguel Silva, João Rio, Manuel Lopes, Roberta Baggio, Jean‐Baptiste Filippi, Maria José Monteiro, Daniele Bortoli, Rui Salgado   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of fire drills on firefighters’ performance

Jàmbá
Firefighting is one of the most physically demanding, dangerous, and stressful jobs, constituting several physical activities, which include moving equipment up the stairs in tall buildings and deploying charged hoses.
Matome R. Ramohale, Botshelo B. Mokaleng, Nthai Monnye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Combat Boots to Civilian Shoes: Reflections on \u3cem\u3eThe Chickenhawk Syndrome\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2010
This essay is part of a symposium on Cheyney Ryan’s The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice, and Personal Responsibility (2009). Ryan’s reply to his critics can be found on pp.
van der Linden, Harry
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