This page looks at the issues affecting the health of wildland firefighters, the research investigating the effects, and the measures being taken to protect, preserve, and improve the health of those engaged with responding to an ever growing annual number of wildland fires.
At the IFSI Library
Wildland Urban Interface Firefighter Health Resources on the Web
- Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke InfographicFrom the Chest Infections and the Disaster Response Network and the American College of Chest Physicians, 2023
- CDC/NIOSH Fighting Wildfires – Publications and Resources
This site provides a list of NIOSH-published and NIOSH-authored publications on wildland fire fighting safety including:
Wildland Firefighter Health: Some Burning Questions,
Wildland Fire Fighting Safety and Health,
COVID-19 and Wildland Firefighters,
and Noise Exposure Among Federal Wildland Fire Fighters - Characterization of inhalation exposures at a wildfire incident during the Wildland Firefighter Exposure and Health Effects (WFFEHE) Study"Wildland firefighters (WFFs) are exposed to many inhalation hazards working in the wildland fire environment. To assess occupational exposures and acute and subacute health effects among WFFs, the wildland firefighter exposure and health effects study collected data for a 2-year repeated measures study."