The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program recently released three firefighter fatality reports that deal with incidents in which firefighters died because of cardiac events. All these NIOSH fatality reports are available free on their Web site.
The reports are
- Fire apparatus operator suffers fatal heart attack during annual fire department medical evaluation – Missouri (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201104.html)
- Firefighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during maze training – Arkansas (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201108.html
- Firefighter suffers on-duty sudden cardiac death – Missouri (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face201111.html)
For more on cardiac events in firefighters and prevention, check out the following links:
