Firefighters, along with other tactical personnel, are at a high risk of work-related physical
injury above that of the private sector. The aim of this critical narrative review was to identify …

Due to the unpredictable, varied and often physical nature of law enforcement duties, police
officers are at a high risk of work-related physical injury. The aim of this critical narrative …

Purpose To examine the associations of age, lifestyle and work-related factors, and
particularly work engagement with the work ability index (WAI) and its sub-dimensions …

Objective Firefighting is a dangerous profession with high injury rates, particularly
musculoskeletal (MS), but limited longitudinal data is available to examine predictors of MS …

Background Firefighters suffer from high prevalence of obesity, substandard fitness, and
cardiovascular-related deaths. There have been a limited number of firefighter health …

The aim of the present study was to understand the risk of injury in relation to fitness in a
retrospective occupational cohort of firefighters in Tucson, Arizona, from 2005 to 2009 …

Firefighters' perceptions of mental health can inform management. This qualitative study
explored Canadian career firefighters' experiences, needs, and research priorities with …

Background Rates of occupational injuries among firefighters are high because of the
physically demanding and variable tasks required by their job. While descriptive data about …

Background Firefighting is a hazardous profession and firefighters suffer workplace injury at
a higher rate than most US workers. Decreased physical fitness is associated with injury in …

Traditionally, safety-related research on firefighting has focused on fires and fireground
smoke as the primary source of non-fatal firefighter injury. However, recent research has …