Health and Safety
Believing that health and safety are vital issues relating to the fire service, the MCFTOA has dedicated a section of this site to these extremely important topics. Here you will find documents, PowerPoint presentations, website links, and other materials relating to health and safety issues in the fire service. Check back often as items are added frequently.
Documents:
- Hydration Study – Orange County Fire Authority
- 2007 Edition – NFPA 1500
- Monterey County Wildland Fire School – Heat Illness Prevention Program
- Emergency Incident Rehabilitation – USFA Feb. 2008
- Pulse Oximetry and CO Oximetry – June 2007
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – June 2007
- Rehab and Refusal
- Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet
- Testing Firefighter Turnouts for Contamination
- Mayday – When would you use it?
- Lethal Exposure – Carbon Monoxide Presents a Toxic Hazard for First Responders – 2006
- Hearing Conservation Program – Sample
PowerPoint Presentations:
- Wear Your Gear – Firefighter Escapes Flashover – April 2007
- Swine Flu – H1N1 – 2009
- Firefighter Rehabilitation
- Monterey County Fireground Safety System – 2003
- Fireground Safety System 2011
Websites:
- Responder Safety
- National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH)
- Fire Department Safety Officers Association
- Firefighter Rehabilitation
- National Volunteer Fire Council’s Firefighter Health and Safety Priorities
- Firefighter Health and Wellness
- Mesothelioma Facts
- Firefighter Close Calls
- Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition
- Mesothelioma.com – Firefighters
- Carbon Monoxide – The Silent Killer
- Mesothelioma
- Firefighter Safety in Extreme Heat
- Fit 4 Fire
- Fire Rescue 1 – Health & Wellness
- United States Department of Labor – 29 CFR 1910.134 (Respiratory Protection)
Blue Sheets – Preliminary Summary Report
- Structure Fire – Fall / Burn Injury – May 31, 2011
- Firefighter Burn Injury – June 19, 2011
- Traffic Collision Involving Fire Engine – August 9, 2011
- Traffic Collision Involving Dozer Transport with Fatality – August 29, 2011
- Traffic Collision – November 7, 2011
- Structure Fire Roof Collapse – November 11, 2011
- Residential Structure Fire Partial Collapse – January 24, 2012
Green Sheets – Informational Summary Report
- Traffic Collision Involving Fire Engine – August 3, 2011
- Traffic Collision Involving Fire Engine – August 9, 2011
- Traffic Collision Involving Dozer Transport – August 29, 2011
- Fire Crew Member Collapse – October 2, 2011
- Firefighter Chainsaw Injury – September 23, 2011
- Partial Building Collapse with Injuries – November 11, 2011
