As climate change worsens, the people delivering your food are increasingly exposed to heat, wildfire smoke and other ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Firefighters are preparing for devastating fire conditions across Victoria on Thursday, with a large bushfire in the state’s west ...
A Bureau of Land Management firefighter ignites areas of heavy, downed juniper jackpots during the 2019 Trout Springs Prescribed Burn in Owyhee County, Idaho. Wildland firefighters and their advocates ...
Heat intolerance is an unusual sensitivity to heat. People with heat intolerance may feel hot when others feel comfortable or cold. Heat intolerance causes may include conditions that cause ...
In recent years, knowledge about the long-term health risks of wildland firefighting has been growing. Now, a new paper – published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene – paints a ...
Whether during wildland firefighting operations ... such as dehydration and heat exhaustion, which already are risks that firefighters face. Minimizes aging and skin damage: Prolonged UV exposure ...
More than 60 firefighters arrived at the site after the roof of a recreational building caught light just before midday. A total of eight fire engines from Kentish Town, West Hampstead ...
According to a post from the department, firefighters responded at 9:20 ... for several miles and was suffering from exposure and exhaustion. The driver was taken to the hospital.