Gauging wildfire fighters’ health

By Joel Barde
The province is supporting two new research projects into the health impacts of fighting forest fires

The University of Northern British Columbia and the University of Alberta are conducting studies to learn more about how firefighting activities affect the health of fire crews. “There is really no data that tells us about the long-term effects on the respiratory system of working year after year as a wildland firefighter,” said Dr. Nicola Cherry, who serves as the tripartite chair of occupational health with the Division of Preventive Medicine at the University of Alberta.…

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November 20, 2019

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