FireRehab
Communications
May 2008
Volume 9

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Rehab and Revitalize
Fire Rehabilitation: Who is Taking Your Pulse?
What incidents will your department identify as needing rehabilitation services? Bad weather? More than one hour? Fires only? There is now a new set of requirements intended to protect emergency responders in a broad variety of duties from as many physical stresses as can be managed in the emergency environment.

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The Rehab Sector
Firefighter Safety During Extreme Hot Weather – Part 2
Firefighting operations during hot weather conditions can be very hazardous to personnel. Departments must have a multifold approach to effectively minimize this risk to their people. Simply put, departments should have policies in place limiting outdoor activities during non-emergency activities.

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Fireground Medical Operations
Fireground Medical Screening Exam — Part 6
The following article is part 6 of a multi-part series exploring on-scene firefighter screening and what factors ensure the success of rehabilitation.

Non-traditional vital signs are physiologic values, which must be obtained through technological means. I believe that this information is so important that it deserves to be classified as a vital sign, although others may disagree.

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Fire Rehabilitation News:

Seattle pays $1.8M to firefighter injured in training
[Seattle]

Firefighters battle flames, exhaustion in Fla.
[Palm Bay, Fla.]

CO health study delay upsets Fla. firefighters
[Jacksonville, Fla.]

Pa. borough adopts CO detector law following death
[Alburtis, Pa.]

Two Calif. firefighters treated for heat exhaustion at blaze
[Red Bluff, Calif.]
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