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.
Highlights
IntroductionFirefighters are confronted with different sorts of risks, work unsocial hours and must respond to calls regardless of occurrences or weather
Being a firefighter is not an easy job at all
Firefighters must be in outstanding physical condition whether they work in cities or remote surroundings
Summary
Firefighters are confronted with different sorts of risks, work unsocial hours and must respond to calls regardless of occurrences or weather. Disregarding size of a department or nature of fire, all firefighters are involved in some common working conditions. Firefighters must be in outstanding physical condition whether they work in cities or remote surroundings. They must be able to operate different size hoses and other gear. These firefighters are called upon to rescue unconscious or injured victims from burning flats. Firefighting is a very demanding occupation either physiologically or psychologically. This requires an enormous number of opportunities for firefighter trainings as well as inducing special workplace safety
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