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The myth of drinking water

The myth of drinking water Firefighter on the Shep Canyon fire in South Dakota, September 6, 2011. Photo: Bill Gabbert/Wildfire Today After reading our excerpt and later the full document from the the...

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Wildland firefighters: rhabdomyolysis or “rhabdo” can be extremely serious

Wildland firefighters: rhabdomyolysis or “rhabdo” can be extremely serious From the FLA. Employee's left leg after 5 surgeries I will have to admit that when the National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s...

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Study: firefighters’ lung function decreases after exposure to smoke

Study: firefighters’ lung function decreases after exposure to smoke A new study from the University of Georgia found that lung function decreases for firefighters who work on prescribed fires for...

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Boycott research on firefighters that is not Open Access

Boycott research on firefighters that is not Open Access Open Access logo We all hate paying for something and then not receiving what we paid for. That is what is happening now to taxpayers who pay...

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Researchers quantify effects of wildfire smoke on residents

Researchers quantify effects of wildfire smoke on residents Researchers in British Columbia took advantage of smoky conditions from wildfires near Kelowna (map) and other areas in southeastern B.C. in...

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Wildfire news, October 6, 2012

Wildfire news, October 6, 2012 Idaho Governor has recommendations on how to reduce damage from wildfires The Governor of Idaho, C.L. “Butch” Otter, in an opinion article published under his name, has...

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Video: heat related illness

A video that is part of the wildland fire refresher for 2013, about heat related illness among firefighters. Thanks go out to Steve

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A cop looks at hotshot fitness

A law enforcement officer wrote an article about the fitness standards and programs for interagency hotshot crews. Jim Vaglica is a full-time police sergeant on call 24/7 with a regional SWAT team in...

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Throwback Thursday

Six years ago this week, these are some of the topics we wrote about on Wildfire Today in 2008: –Ice Storms in Missouri increased the fuel available for wildfires by a factor of 10. –A man in Texas was...

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Firefighters: four recommendations for eating, drinking, and working out

Dr. Brent Ruby is a professor at the University of Montana who studies extreme physiology, including how wildland firefighting impacts the body. In 2011 we wrote an article titled The myth of drinking...

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Yarnell Hill Fire survivor pushes for creation of a “healing center”

Brendan McDonough, Yarnell Hill Fire survivor, speaks in Prescott, Arizona at the July 9, 2013 memorial service for the 19 firefighters that died on the fire. Vice President Joe Biden and Arizona...

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Study finds firefighters more likely to get two types of cancer

According to a recently published study, firefighters in three major municipal fire departments were more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer and leukemia than the general population. Researchers...

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Former firefighter sues fire truck manufacturers for hearing loss

From the New York Post: A former FDNY firefighter is suing several fire truck manufacturers for $150,000, claiming he’s suffered permanent, “irreversible” hearing loss because the sirens in the engines...

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Research links wildfire smoke with cardiac arrest in men

A firefighter is enveloped in smoke while working on a prescribed fire in Hot Springs, SD, March 30, 2013. Photo by Bill Gabbert. Researchers in Australia have found a link between smoke from bushfires...

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How much sleep do tactical athletes need?

Tom Sadowski, El Cariso Hotshots, 1972. Photo by Bill Gabbert. Charles Palmer, an associate professor at the University of Montana who studies performance psychology of wildland firefighters, has...

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Legislation introduced to establish a national firefighter cancer registry

A bipartisan group of 76 Congressional Representatives have signed on as sponsors for legislation that would establish a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with this deadly disease....

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Research on firefighters that is not Open Access should be boycotted

For Throwback Thursday, here’s an article we originally published in 2011: **** Open Access logo We all hate paying for something and then not receiving what we paid for. That is what is happening now...

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Washington Post writes about firefighters and cancer

Above: Members of a hotshot crew work in smoke on the Cold Brook Prescribed Fire, October 23, 2014. Photo by Bill Gabbert. Very slow progress is being made toward recognizing the long term health risks...

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Cancer and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department

Above: Screenshot from Jason Curtis’ film about San Diego firefighters and the occurrence of cancer. Jason Curtis, a commercial film maker and photographer, has produced a short 8-minute documentary...

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Montana legislature rejects firefighter health bill

Above: A firefighter works in smoke on the Water Tower Fire in South Dakota, March 16, 2016. Photo by Bill Gabbert. On Wednesday a Montana legislative committee voted down a bill that would have...

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