Firefighters

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This paper discusses health issues facing firefighters in North America, noting that they face a number of hazards, some direct in the form of the fire itself and potential accidents on the job, others indirect in the form of health conditions that might be caused by their work. Both are mitigated by precautions taken, from training to protective gear. Still, there are some hazards that can cause long-term illness if somehow the firefighter is exposed to too great an extent while on the job.

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"In North America, statistics show that the major causes of fatalities for firefighters are heart attacks and vehicular crashes. The study from 2002 showed that the largest number that year dies on a single day, 340 from the New York City Fire Department in the World Trade Center attack. The focus was on the other 99, and as in the previous seven years, fewer than half the deaths had occurred while at fires."

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