Citation

Hoag LVL. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1978; 22(1): 129-132.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/107118137802200135

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Problems of job and equipment design that contribute to the occupational health and safety of fire fighters is reviewed. The job of fighting fires is physically demanding and most fire fighters do not have a fitness level to minimize the stress. The equipment used by the fire fighters needs to be redesigned to reduce the job related stress.

Language: en