Presenters: Rita Fahy, NFPA; Kenneth Willette, NFPA
The results of NFPA’s 2011 fire fighter fatality study will be presented, along with two or three multi-year analyses of specific aspects of the fire fighter fatality problem, including a look at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s investigation of deaths related to cardiac and other medical issues. NFPA standards that address issues raised in the fatality study and NIOSH investigations will also be discussed, particularly as related to fatal training incidents and strategies for local departments to use to minimize chances of such events occurring.
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