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Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Tee L. Guidotti

    1. Washington, USA

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  • Firefighters face many work-related hazards and their elevated risk for serious chronic disease and injury results in a burden and gives rise to many claims for workers’ compensation
  • This book is a detailed and interdisciplinary resource for understanding and documenting these risks, both in general and in the individual case
  • This resource summarizes and explains the vast research literatures on disease risk (including cancer), the hazards of fire smoke, lifestyle health risk factors, and unique aspects of firefighting of practical importance in managing health risk
  • Beyond this one occupation, the book describes and gives examples of how to use epidemiology, toxicology, and other scientific approaches to general causation, the limitations of these approaches, and the translation of scientific knowledge into policy for worker protection
  • The book describes the history, evolution, and rationale for legislation for “presumption” of work-relationship for particular cancers, which is now well established in most US and Australian states and Canadian provinces.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Risk, Systems and Decisions (RSD)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Orientation

    • Tee L. Guidotti, Alex Forrest, Michel Lariviére, Zsuzsanna Kerekes, Danielle Valcheff
    Pages 1-15

  3. On the Receiving End: Being a Firefighter

    • Alex Forrest
    Pages 17-23

  4. Epidemiology

    • Nancy E. Lightfoot
    Pages 25-39

  5. Interpreting the Literature

    • Tee L. Guidotti
    Pages 41-62

  6. Toxic Hazards

    • Tee L. Guidotti
    Pages 63-92

  7. Cancer

    • Tee L. Guidotti
    Pages 93-162

  8. Systemic Disorders and Other Medical Conditions

    • Tee L. Guidotti
    Pages 163-174

  9. Cardiovascular Risks of Firefighting

    • Nancy Lightfoot, Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Stefanos N. Kales
    Pages 175-189

  10. Respiratory Disorders

    • Tee L. Guidotti
    Pages 191-207

  11. Injury, Musculoskeletal Disorders, and Ergonomics

    • John M. Mayer, Sara A. Jahnke
    Pages 209-225

  12. Psychosocial Hazards and Risks

    • Michel A. S. Larivière, Zsuzsanna Kerekes, Danielle Valcheff
    Pages 227-263

  13. Presumption

    • Alex Forrest
    Pages 265-280

  14. How Presumptive Legislation Got Started in Manitoba: A Personal History

    • Alex Forrest
    Pages 281-289

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 291-299
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About this book

This book is an overview of the hazards of firefighting, the health risks of exposure to combustion products that characterize firefighting, the science behind interpreting these risks for purposes of identifying diseases as work-related, and the legal and policy implications of adopting legislated “presumption” for purposes of compensation. The emphasis of the book will be on the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, traumatic hazards, and disabling psychosocial adjustment following major incidents. Several new studies have appeared recently, including the largest study of firefighters ever done, by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH). They evidence supports the conclusion that firefighters face significant occupational health risks in addition to the obviously severe safety hazards.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Washington, USA

    Tee L. Guidotti

About the editor

Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH, DABT (DABT is a recognized toxicology credential), physician, occupational epidemiologist, toxicologist. Dr. Guidotti will serve as overall editor. Alex Forrest, LLD, lawyer, firefighter and President of the United Firefighters of Winnipeg (IAFF) Nancy Lightfoot, PhD, MSc, occupational and community health, cancer epidemiologist and expert on wildfire effects.

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