FIGHTING WILDFIRES
Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE’s)
NIOSH conducts Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE’s) to find out whether there are health hazards to employees caused by exposures or conditions in the workplace.
For a comprehensive listing of HHE reports please search the HHE Database.
Recent Wildland Firefighting Related HHE's
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 2018-0094-3355pdf icon, Evaluation of Fire Debris Cleanup Employees’ Exposure to Silica, Asbestos, Metals, and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 2017-0076-3352pdf icon, Evaluation of Wildland Firefighters’ Exposures to Asbestos During Prescribed Burns Near a Former Vermiculite Mine.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 2015-0028-3330pdf icon, Evaluation of Wildland Firefighter Exposures during Fuel Reduction Projects.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2013-0061-3244pdf icon, Evaluation of Eronite and Silica Exposure during Forest Management and Fire Suppression Activities in the Custer National Forest.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2012-0077-3223pdf icon, Evaluation of Employee Exposures to Libby Amphibole Asbestos during Forest Management Activities in the Kootenai National Forest – Montana
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2011-0035pdf iconexternal icon, Extent of Rhabdomyolysis Among Wildland Firefighters – Idaho. (NIOSH Closeout Letter)
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2008-0245-3127pdf icon, Determining Base Camp Personnel Exposures to Carbon Monoxide during Wildland Fire Suppression Activities – California
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 99-0173-2856pdf icon, Evaluating Chainsaw Emissions among Forestry Workers – Washington.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 98-0173-2782pdf icon, Assessing Wildland Firefighters’ Exposure to Carbon Monoxide – Colorado
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 92-045-2260pdf icon, Characterizing Firefighters’ Exposures to Chemical Contaminants during Fire Suppression Operations – West Virginia
Page last reviewed: November 5, 2019
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health