Some Health Risks to Firefighters

Abstract

Firefighters face unique occupational health risks caused by a specific nature of their work.  They consistently operate in rough work environment with excessive heat, dense smoke, emotionally demanding situations, extreme physical challenges and toxic chemicals. This paper aimed to investigate working conditions and mental health of firefighters.  The paper has four main parts. The first part reports about main risks to firefighter’s health. The next part is dealing with the posttraumatic stress disorder.  The study is mentioning predictors of psychological distress and aspects of firefighters health prevention. The final part of the paper is dedicated to outcomes of firefighters mental health research. The main objective of firefighters work is to save lives, extinguish fire and property protection.