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
- Preventing Suicide – A Resource for Police, Firefighters, and Other First Line Responders
PowerPoint Presentations:
- Wear Your Gear – Firefighter Escapes Flashover – April 2007
- Swine Flu – H1N1 – 2009
- Firefighter Rehabilitation
- Monterey County Fireground Safety System – 2003
- Monterey County Fireground Safety System – 2011
Websites:
- Monterey County Health Department – Behavioral Health – Crisis Services
- International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
- Responder Safety
- Every One Goes Home – Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives
- 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)
- National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System
- Connect – Training Professionals & Communities in Suicide Prevention & Response
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
- Firefighter Burn Injury – August 12, 2012
- Firefighters Injured During Airdrop – August 14, 2012
- Non-Injury Traffic Collision – August 18, 2012
- Structure Fire with Firefighter Injury – Kern County Fire Department – November 20, 2012
- Structure Fire with Firefighter Injuries – Los Angeles, CA – May 4, 2013
- Near Miss Review – Summit Fire Burn Injury – Riverside Unit, May 1, 2013
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
- Structure Fire with Explosion – April 27, 2012
- Multiple Firefighter Heat Related Injuries – July 21, 2012
- Public Display Fireworks Explosion with Injuries – August 31, 2012, Lake Elsinore, CA
- Wildland Firefighter Burn Injuries – September 5, 2012
- Safety Investigation Report – Firefighter Fall with Injuries, Folsom Fire Dept., June 2, 2012
- Traffic Collision Involving Water Tender with Injuries – September 12, 2012
- Dozer Rollover – October 7, 2012, Sacramento Metropolitan FPD
- Firefighter Struck by Exploding LPG Lantern – October 17, 2012
- Structure Fire with Firefighter Injury – November 13, 2012, Riverside, CA
- Vehicle Fire with Minor Injury – December 9, 2012 – Pinole, CA
- Structure Fire with Firefighter Injury – October 20, 2012, Montebello, CA
- Firefighter Fall Injury During Vegetation Fire – Springs Incident – May 4, 2013
