Download or read book Initial and Continuing Physical and Behavioral Health and Wellness Education in the Fire Service written by Gamaliel Baer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighters are dying more from health and wellness issues than from fires. Heart attack accounts for roughly 50% of on-duty deaths. Off-duty deaths from cancer and suicide far outnumber heart attack deaths. These three health and wellness issues have been a focus of fire service research as potential job-related issues. However, like the U.S. general population, these three health and wellness issues are highly preventable if the lifestyle risk factors involved are addressed early. This research was conducted for Howard County Fire and Rescue (HCFR) in Howard County, Maryland. HCFR has roughly 500 career firefighters and roughly 500 volunteer firefighters. It is in central Maryland and serves over 320,000 citizens. HCFR firefighters did not have access to initial or continuing health and wellness education. The overarching focus of this research was to understand what knowledge, motivation, and organizational factors were needed to develop a health and wellness educational curriculum, and what the solutions to those needs might be. The participants of this study included 47 members of the Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health, which included field and headquarters personnel. A mixed methods research study included document analysis, surveys, and interviews. While HCFR had knowledge, motivation, and organizational assets, development was needed in knowledge and organizational factors for a health and wellness educational curriculum to be developed and delivered. National consideration should be given to record and disseminate what initial and continuing health and wellness education is available to firefighters either from the state training agency, or the fire department.
Download or read book Primary Prevention of Work related Behavioral Health Issues in Firefighters written by Amy LaRue and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resilience Training for Firefighters written by Karen F. Deppa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-04 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing resilience skills has the potential to shield firefighters and other emergency responders from the negative effects of stressful incidents and situations. Drawing on cutting-edge research, this SpringerBrief proposes strategies to prevent firefighter behavioral health issues using the proactive approach of resilience training. Further, resilience training aims to develop mental toughness and support overall well-being in all facets of the responder’s life. This book emphasizes lessons and research from Positive Psychology. A new branch in the science of how the mind operates, Positive Psychology focuses on developing emotional wellness and preventing behavioral health problems. It does so in part by teaching habits and skills that promote self-efficacy, social support, and realistic optimistic thinking. The program outlined in this book supplements current approaches addressing emotional and behavioral health problems that afflict the emergency response community. Such problems include PTSD, anxiety, burnout, alcoholism, depression, and suicide. The authors present interventions and measures for resilience training backed by research and demonstrated results within education, the military, and other communities. Drawing on her more than 25 years’ experience in working with fire service representatives at all levels, Ms. Deppa understands the importance of considering the fire service culture. Dr. Saltzberg, a practicing psychologist, has taught resilience skills to a wide range of populations, including students, teachers, counselors, and U.S. Army officers. Together, they present a compelling approach to preventing behavioral health problems before they occur.
Download or read book Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services 2009 Edition written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire Service written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Book's Introduction: Firefighting continues to be one of the nation's most dangerous and hazardous jobs with heart attacks, high physical stress levels, and sprains and strains all too common. In the past five years, the fire service has focused its attention on overcoming these issues by working to change the service's culture. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has spent much time redeveloping and revamping their health and wellness standards, while career departments have been working with the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) on a wellness initiative that began in 1997. Volunteer personnel also face similar risks when it comes to health and wellness. The nature of member time constraints and tight departmental budgets in the volunteer service often inhibits the creation of comprehensive health and wellness programs. Implementing a comprehensive health and wellness program could overwhelm the resources of many volunteer departments. Time, lack of program leadership, and insufficient funding pose serious challenges to most departments, which often struggle to deliver basic fire suppression capabilities. This guide provides the rationale and suggestions for successfully implementing a health and wellness program volunteer service. It also addresses many common roadblocks.
Download or read book Operational Intelligence for Health Wellness and Leadership written by Gamaliel Baer and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Operational Intelligence for Health, Wellness, and Leadership (OIHWL) addresses human behavior and the impact of lifestyle on the Big Three health outcomes of heart attack, cancer, and suicide. It weaves together the concepts of resilience, physical wellness, nutritional wellness, mental wellness, and leadership. OIHWL's model for behavior change is built using Aristotle's philosophy of responsibility. OIHWL is designed to show the application of the behavioral change model throughout the book. The result is a logically consistent and easy-to-follow framework that any firefighter can apply to their life and that any fire department can adopt and implement as education for its members. This remains the case even if some, or all, of the hundreds of citations eventually age out, because the model is true. The final chapter presents an objective (and thus assessable) definition of leadership. It aims to displace the decades of leadership theory that is subjective in nature and often indistinguishable from management theory. Just as NFPA outlines categorically that certain fire apparatus are aerials and not engines, there is a way to distinguish, categorically, between leadership and management. OIHWL is the comprehensive guide for learning how to optimize behavior that is within your control"--
Download or read book Public Safety Officers Benefits Act written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond the Turnouts written by John Hofman, Jr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighting places a high amount of mental and physical stress on firefighters. Because these demands are so high, many fire recruit entering into a fire academy are often selected for their above-average physical fitness. Studies have shown that high levels of of cardiovascular training, resistance training, and flexibility will reduce the risks and allow firefighters to perform their skills in a safe and effective manner. This comprehensive manual is designed to cover all the risks associated with fire suppression. Everything from low back pain to nutrition to how to create a comprehensive health and wellness program is covered within this manual.
Download or read book Surviving the Fire Service written by Todd LeDuc and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighting is an inherently dangerous calling. Firefighters can be exposed to extreme environments from the firehouse to the fireground. Occupational health risks - occupational cancers, cardiovascular events, and behavioral health injuries - continue to be the scourge of the fire service. Surviving the Fire Service contains vital information about cancer, cardiovascular risk, medical exams and screening, nutrition, managing heat stress, women in the fire service, human performance and the tactical athlete and fireground survival. This book addresses how to manage and reduce risks in the fire service and use the tools you need to implement within your fire department to address each of these threats. Edited by Chief Todd J. LeDuc (ret.) CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: --Susie Day, MS, PhD --Bryan Frieders, Firefighter Cancer Support Network --Michael Hamrock, MD --Denise Smith, PhD, FACSM --Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM --Gavin Horn, PhD --Sara Jahnke, PhD --Jeffery S. Johnson, Newport News (VA) Fire Chief --Adam LaReau, O2X founder --Frank Leto, captain, FDNY --Lori Moore-Merrell, International Public Safety Data Institute
Download or read book An Examination of the Health and Wellness of Recruits and Women in the U S Fire Service written by Brittany Sara Hollerbach and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Firefighting is a dangerous occupation, with high rates of line-of-duty injuries and fatalities as well as a high number of related psychological and physical health concerns. Poor health and low levels of firefighter (FF) fitness have significant economic costs for the individual, the fire department, and the public. Though FF fitness and injuries have been studied extensively among men in the fire service, research among recruits and women FFs is lacking. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine exercise training among recruits in the fire service as well as the perceptions, experiences, rates, types, and predictors of injuries among career women FFs. Methods: This dissertation is composed of three different studies. The first was a pilot 10-week randomized trial of a novel exercise intervention, The First Twenty High-Performance Training Program (TF20), with fire academy recruits. Second, we qualitatively examined injury perceptions among women FFs via focus groups and key informant interviews. Last, a cross-sectional study used snowball sampling to solicit participation from women career FFs; participants completed an online survey regarding occupational injuries, which were compared to those of men in the fire service, with a specific focus on behavioral health predictors of injury. Results: The pilot investigation was the first to examine TF20 among fire service recruits and found that recruits did not meet National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) physical fitness standards at baseline but did show improvements in body composition, muscular strength, agility, and aerobic capacity after the 10-week intervention. After examining fire recruits, interest in the lack of representation of women FFs arose, and the further investigations examined this "hidden population." First, after examining women FFs' perceptions and attitudes related to injury in the fire service, participants identified six key themes: the impact of working in a male-dominated field; harassment; the similar rates/types of injury among men FFs; inadequate training; ill-fitting protective gear; and functional techniques/endurance related to injury in the fire service. This qualitative analysis led to a quantitative examination of injury among women FFs. Several behavioral health predictors including exercise habits, being a former or current smoker, depression, and job dissatisfaction were statistically significant predictors of injury. Conclusions: Our data show that FFs, even new recruits, struggle with low levels of fitness. We also found that women experience similar rates and types of injury as their male counterparts, though their experiences with injury differ (e.g., they experience more chronic injuries, injuries related to discrimination and harassment, differing predictors of injury, and more missed days due to injury). Research among women FFs has shown that a lack of data negatively impacts recruitment and retention in the fire service. The combined information from these studies can help inform policy and training to address preliminary fitness training and injury prevention in the fire service to better protect all FFs.
Download or read book Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services Includes Navigate Advantage Access written by James Angle and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for use within courses based on the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Occupational Safety and Health for Emergency Services model curriculum, Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services, Fifth Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the many components of occupational safety and health for the emergency services.
Download or read book Firefighter Fitness written by Ernest L. Schneider and published by Nova Science Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2010 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights fire-fighting as one of the nation's most dangerous and hazardous jobs, with heart attacks, high physical stress levels, sprains, and strains all too common. Of all fire-fighters in the United States, 72 percent are volunteers. The leading cause of on-duty death among volunteers is heart attack. The leading cause of injuries for all fire-fighters is overexertion and strain. The prevalence of cardiovascular illness and deaths and work-inhibiting strains and sprains among fire-fighters illustrates the need for a comprehensive health and wellness program in every department. To address the issues specific to volunteers, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) developed this guide to health and wellness for volunteer departments and members. In 2003, the NVFC launched the ground breaking Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program specifically to address heart disease in the fire and emergency services. This awareness and prevention campaign targets all fire-fighters and emergency personnel -- both volunteer and career. This is an edited, excerpted and augmented edition of a U.S. Fire Administration publication.
Download or read book Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers written by Bowers, Clint A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stress that comes with being a first responder has been known to lead to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide. However, few clinicians are informed about these health concerns and how to adequately treat them in this population. Therefore, there is an urgent need for practitioners to understand the latest information regarding treatments that will be useful to this specific population. Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers is an essential reference source that focuses on the latest research for diagnosing and treating mental health issues experienced by emergency personnel and seeks to generate awareness and inform clinicians about the unique circumstances encountered by these professionals. While highlighting topics including anxiety disorders and stress management, this book is ideally designed for clinicians, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, practitioners, medical professionals, EMTs, law enforcement, fire departments, military, academicians, researchers, policymakers, and students seeking current research on psychological therapy methods regarding first responders.
Download or read book Comprehensive Wellness for Firefighters written by Jon Pearson and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1995-08-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life-threatening risks that fire service personnel face are taxing both physically and mentally. Firefighters and emergency medical personnel have a higher rate of heart disease, lung disease, cancer, substance abuse problems, and injuries than the general population. Studies show that high levels of cardiovascualr conditioning, muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility allow firefighters to perform their jobs safely and more effectively. Now, fire and rescue workers can turn to Comprehensive Wellness for Firefighters for all the information they need to evaluate and improve their personal lifestyles. This uniquely accessible book focuses on self-assessment methods and action planning procedures that emphasize personal responsibility for good health and enable readers to apply the information to their own lives. In addition to the personal health evaluations, sample workout routines, and instructive exercise programs, the authors integrate materials essential for total health including information on diet and nutrition, drug and alcohol issues, and critical incident stress management techniques. By using this book, readers will be able to effectively: -Evaluate their current level of physical fitness in order to monitor their future progress -Select exercise options that best meet their preferences, needs, and objectives -Develop strategies and personal action plans that promote and improve total health and fitness -Adopt a long-term commitment to a physically and mentally healthy lifestyle Designed as a valuable resource and practical guide, Comprehensive Wellness for Firefighters not only attempts to minimize risk in an inherently hazardous line of work, but also promotes behavior and attitudes that contribute to long-term health and well-being.
Download or read book Why People Die by Suicide written by Thomas Joiner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account ever given of why some people choose to die. Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself. Joiner tests his theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, history, literature, popular culture, anthropology, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology--facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis. The result is the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. Joiner's is a work that makes sense of the bewildering array of statistics and stories surrounding suicidal behavior; at the same time, it offers insight, guidance, and essential information to clinicians, scientists, and health practitioners, and to anyone whose life has been affected by suicide.
Download or read book NSCA S Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning written by NSCA-National Strength & Conditioning Association and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NSCA’s Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning is the ideal preparatory guide for those seeking TSAC-F certification. The book is also a great reference for fitness trainers who work with tactical populations such as military, law enforcement, and fire and rescue personnel.
Download or read book The Psychologically Healthy Workplace written by Matthew J. Grawitch and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complex interplay between employees and management, to determine how a psychologically healthy workplace is constructed and maintained.
