Quantifying disparities in fire-related mortality of US career and volunteer firefighters: A 43-year database study

IF 1.9 4区 工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Jian Li, Jun Li, Shitan Wang
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Abstract

There is no consensus on the leading causes of occupational disparities in firefighter mortality risk and whether these disparities have changed over time. This article prioritizes fire-related risks associated with mortality among US career and volunteer firefighters to inform targeted prevention efforts. We collected records of 3724 firefighter fatalities from the database between 1979 and 2021. Grey relational analysis was adopted to reveal the interrelationships between occupational risks and mortality. Firefighter mortality differed by occupation; the primary fire-related causes changed over 43 years for both career and volunteer firefighters. Volunteer firefighters exhibited higher risks across multiple variables than their career counterparts. These variables include alarm response/return, sudden cardiac death, age exceeding 60, and years of service below 10 or surpassing 30. These findings quantified disparities in the temporal evolution and fire-related occupations with elevated risk factors for deaths between career and volunteer firefighters, highlighting the need for targeted interventions.
量化美国职业消防员和志愿消防员火灾相关死亡率的差异:一项43年的数据库研究
对于消防员死亡风险职业差异的主要原因,以及这些差异是否随着时间的推移而改变,目前还没有达成共识。本文优先考虑了美国职业消防员和志愿消防员中与死亡相关的火灾相关风险,为有针对性的预防工作提供信息。我们从数据库中收集了1979年至2021年间3724名消防员死亡的记录。采用灰色关联分析法揭示了职业风险与死亡率之间的相互关系。消防员的死亡率因职业而异;与火灾有关的主要原因超过43 多年的职业生涯和志愿消防员。志愿消防员在多个变量中表现出比职业消防员更高的风险。这些变量包括警报响应/返回、心脏性猝死、年龄超过60岁以及服务年限低于10年或超过30年。这些发现量化了职业消防员和志愿消防员之间时间演变和火灾相关职业的差异,这些职业的死亡风险因素较高,突出了有针对性干预的必要性。
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Journal of Fire Sciences
Journal of Fire Sciences 工程技术-材料科学:综合
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4.00
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审稿时长
2.5 months
期刊介绍: The Journal of Fire Sciences is a leading journal for the reporting of significant fundamental and applied research that brings understanding of fire chemistry and fire physics to fire safety. Its content is aimed toward the prevention and mitigation of the adverse effects of fires involving combustible materials, as well as development of new tools to better address fire safety needs. The Journal of Fire Sciences covers experimental or theoretical studies of fire initiation and growth, flame retardant chemistry, fire physics relative to material behavior, fire containment, fire threat to people and the environment and fire safety engineering. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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