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Firefighters Battle Health Risks In Addition To Fires
September 03, 2007 at 3:55 PM
General Health News
According to them, other than the primary hazard of fires, heart attacks, which are brought on by age, poor health, stress and extreme physical demands, are the top most killers of firefighters.
Says Dr. John Burress, a Boston University Medical School professor and an occupational medicine physician: “They have on 70-plus pounds of gear and they are exerting themselves and it’s high heat and stress. “It’s a perfect setup for anybody who has a predisposition for cardiovascular disease.”
Across the nation, 45 percent of the firefighters who die on duty are felled by heart problems, informs Dr. Stephen Kales, a professor at Harvard School of Public Health and lead author of a study published in March on firefighter deaths.
According to him, part of the reason is the lack of required physical tests once a firefighter joins the department.
“There’s a mismatch between the physical demands of certain firefighting tasks and the fitness of individual firefighters,” he opines.
The West Roxbury fire which began at the Tai Ho restaurant Wednesday night before exploding into a blaze led to the deaths of Warren Payne, 53, of Newton and Paul Cahill, 55, of Scituate. In addition, 12 other firefighters were admitted for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation.
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