@article{ref1,
title="Incident-level risk factors for firefighter injuries at structural fires",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2002",
author="Fabio, Anthony and Ta, Myduc and Strotmeyer, Stephen and Li, Wenjun and Schmidt, E.",
volume="44",
number="11",
pages="1059-1063",
abstract="Firefighting is a demanding occupation, laden with hazardous exposures which result in traumatic injuries. Little epidemiologic evidence exists quantifying these factors, however. We conducted an incident-level case-control study of National Fire Incident Reporting System data of the association between firefighter injury and incident characteristics. Risk factors included 5 or more alarms (OR = 3.85; 95% CI, 3.32-4.48), number of stories (> 3 vs. ground level OR = 2.49; 95% CI, 1.43 to 1.55), and at least one civilian injury (OR = 3.69; 95% CI, 3.55-3.84). Risk of injury was reduced for fires originating 49 feet and higher (OR = 0.57; 95% CI, 0.49-0.66). This analysis suggests that fireground-specific situations such as the number of stories or a civilian injury increase the risk of injury. Given the danger of firefighting, the identification of risk factors through epidemiologic methods is vital to developing safety measures.",
language="",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}