ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2017
Sleep Quantity and Quality of Ontario Wildland Firefighters Across a Low-Hazard Fire Season.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-respiratory health risks and mortality associated with fighting bushfires (wildfires): a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Pooled it
- Occupation-Induced Fatigue and Impacts on Emergency First Responders: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Association of shift work with body weight, stress, sleep, and dietary intake in prison officers and firefighters.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Determinants of Health and Performance in Wildland Firefighters: A Narrative Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Repeated exposure to eucalyptus wood smoke alters pulmonary gene and metabolic profiles in male Long-Evans rats.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024Article
- Firefighter Health: A Narrative Review of Occupational Threats and Countermeasures.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Automatic-Scoring Actigraph Compares Favourably to a Manually-Scored Actigraph for Sleep Measurement in Healthy Adults.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Article
- Working hours, sleep, and fatigue in the public safety sector: A scoping review of the research.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- Health research priorities for wildland firefighters: a modified Delphi study with stakeholder interviews.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Health risks and mitigation strategies from occupational exposure to wildland fire: a scoping review.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2022Article
- Participatory Development Process of Two Human Dimension Intervention Programs to Foster Physical Fitness and Psychological Health and Well-Being in Wildland Firefighting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The association between heart rate variability, reaction time, and indicators of workplace fatigue in wildland firefighters.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Sleep Assessment During Shift Work in Korean Firefighters: A Cross-Sectional Study.Safety and health at work · 2019Article
- Wildland Firefighting: Adverse Influence on Indices of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the study was to assess the sleep quality, quantity, and fatigue levels of Canadian wildland firefighters while on deployment.
methodsObjective and subjective sleep and fatigue measures were collected using actigraphy and questionnaires during non-fire (Base) and fire (Initial Attack and Project) deployments.
resultsSuboptimal sleep quality and quantity were more frequently observed during high-intensity, Initial Attack fire deployments. Suboptimal sleep was also exhibited during non-fire (Base) work periods, which increases the risk of prefire deployment sleep debt. Self-reported, morning fatigue scores were low-to-moderate and highest for Initial Attack fire deployments.
conclusionsThe study highlights the incidence of suboptimal sleep patterns in wildland firefighters during non-fire and fire suppression work periods. These results have implications for the health and safety practices of firefighters given the link between sleep and fatigue, in a characteristically hazardous occupation.
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