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Are our volunteer fire fighters fit for the task? BCRC / AFAC 2005 PosterIn Australia, professional fire fighters are outnumbered by volunteers 22 to 1 and yet little is known about the fitness levels of volunteer fire fighters or the energy demands of their work, specifically in wildfire suppression [pdf 204.3 kb]
Enhancing volunteerism - BCRC / AFAC 2005 PosterThis paper reports on findings from preliminary investigations of current concerns about present and future volunteer fire fighter numbers. [pdf 62.4 kb]
Personal Exposure of Firefighters to Air Toxics - BCRC / AFAC 2005 PosterPresented at Fire Managers Workshop [pdf 991.2 kb]
Protection of people and property - BCRC / AFAC 2005 PosterThe objective of this research is to provide essential tools to predict and manage risk posed by bushfire to the community and infrastructure [pdf 118.5 kb]
Respiratory health effects of occupational exposure to bushfire smoke - BCRC / AFAC 2005 PostersTesting the efficacy of the protective filters on bushfire fighters’ masks. [pdf 65.8 kb]
Why Do Firefighters Sometimes Make Unsafe Decisions? BCRC / AFAC 2005 PosterThis poster (a) introduces the “Human Factors Interview Protocol”, HFIP, a post-incident interview protocol specifically designed to identify the underlying (human factors) causes of potentially unsafe decisions and (b) presents some preliminary findings obtained in pilot testing the HFIP with 34 firefighters, ranging from Crew Leaders to Incident Controllers. [pdf 66.4 kb]
This program is focus on building better safety at the interface between people, property and the natural bushland environment. It also has a strong focus on health and wellbeing through reasearch into building protection, volunteerism and firefighter heath and safety.
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