- Title:
-
Fighting Smoke When Fighting Fires
- Date:
- October 2005
- Organisations
- CSIRO
- Authors:
- Steve Brown, Fabienne Reisen, Min Cheng, John Mahoney, Bill Tiganis
Tiganis
- Location:
- Australia, Australia
Overview
Air toxics are the diverse range of air contaminants (gases and particles) that occur in complex mixtures to which a person can be exposed with potential damage to his/her health.
- Fighting fires is a workplace and the fire fighter OHS must be protected (burn protection, air toxics, physiology, decision-making)
- Bushfire smoke in Australia – composition and the factors of influence (fuel type and load, fire intensity, weather etc) are unknowns
- Bushfire fighting practices in Australia – impact on exposure unknown
- Previous research limited (largely by US Forest Service)
- Bushfire CRC project: Personal Exposure of Fire Fighters to Air Toxics and OHS Risk Management Strategies (commenced 2004)
- Project plan
- Air toxics from fuels in Australia
- Fire season 2005 results
