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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Fred J. Schoeffler
Publication Date: 2013

Burns are one of the most painful, disabling, disfiguring, and costly injuries anyone can experience, requiring more medical care than all other traumas (Tutterow 2012). There is a recognized growing problem in the wildland firefighting culture whereby firefighters are exposing themselves to burn injuries by not properly wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), primarily fire shirts. Unfortunately, supervisors are allowing this unsafe practice.

Citation: Schoeffler, Fred J. 2013. Fire shirts for safety, not fashion: proper use of PPE to prevent thermal heat burn injuries. Fire Management Today 73(1):36-40.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Prevention    Safety
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • fire equipment
  • fire injuries (humans)
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • firefighter
  • firefighting personnel
  • health factors
  • heat effects
  • PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 28206 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:73/1 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 16788

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