ReviewSafety and health at work2023
Occupational Hazards in Firefighting: Systematic Literature Review.
Review in Safety and health at work, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Non-cancer mortality among firefighters: a meta-analytic review of heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, liver disease, accidents, and suicide.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Non-respiratory health risks and mortality associated with fighting bushfires (wildfires): a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Pooled it
- Local Variance-Guided Adaptive Infrared-Thermal Sensor Fusion Framework for Human Target Detection in Smoke-Filled Firefighting Environments.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms among wildland firefighters and local residents in recurrent wildfire areas.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Heavy metals, carbon monoxide and PBDE exposure among firefighters: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between parental firefighting status and adverse birth outcomes in Arizona: a cross-sectional study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
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- Work Exposome and Related Disorders of Firefighters: An Overview of Systematized Reviews.Safety and health at work · 2025Review
- Post-Traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic growth in firefighters: examining the moderating effects of resilience on occupational safety behaviors.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Oxygen consumption efficiency in firefighters: roles of fatigue and rescue task.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Determinants of health status and health-related behaviors among polish firefighters: a nationwide survey-based study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Research on optimal strategy of different fire rescue tasks based on oxygen consumption.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Baseline data and associations between urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, blood pressure, hemogram, and lifestyle among wildland firefighters.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Effect of Craniosacral Therapy on Blood Levels of Stress Hormones in Male Firefighter Cadets: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Study on thermal health and its safety management mode for the working environment.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background: Firefighting involves exposure of firefighters to risks related to this activity, serious injuries, and occupational diseases are recorded. There are other consequences such as thermal and emotional stress. This systematic review is proposed in order to analyze the risks and consequences faced by these workers and thus provide elements to improve safety management systems in institutions. Method: A descriptive observational study of systematic literature review on the risks and consequences of exposure to firefighters' activity was proposed, and the information was analyzed and described based on the available data and according to the variables determined. Results: The studies showed data on mechanical, physical, chemical, psychosocial risks, workers' perception and resilience, and epidemiological data. Information related to firefighters' activity on falls and slips, exposure to noise, and high concentrations of carbon monoxide is detailed. In addition, the relationship between burnout, cognitive, and physical fatigue as adverse effects on health and performance is mentioned. Conclusions: Among the preventive measures, the use of personal protective equipment is suggested, incorporation in prevention programs of information on exposure to risk factors, as well as the implementation of models that can predict the perception of workers, additionally, the generation of management systems with safety climate models for fire departments.
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