Firefighters: feeling the heat
— Fabienne Scandella
Researcher, European Trade Union Institute
Citat:05 Preface
07 Part 1 Employment and working conditions in European fire services
07 How fire services work
16 Financing
19 Tasks: more diverse everywhere
21 Part 2 Health and safety risks of firefighting
22 Heat risks
25 The risks of smoke
27 Physical hazards
28 Psychosocial risks
31 Part 3 Union strategies and recommendations
31 Risk assessment and management: ways to make operations safer
33 Personal protective equipment and other equipment
40 The importance of drilling and specific training
42 Rethinking health surveillance at work
47 Conclusion
49 Bibliography
53 Annexe
List of seminar participants