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, HETA 2013-0061-3244Cdc-pdf Evaluation of eronite and silica exposure during forest management and fire suppression activities in the Custer National Forest.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2012-0077-3223Cdc-pdf Evaluation of employee exposures to Libby amphibole asbestos during forest management activities in the Kootenai National Forest-Montana
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2011-0035Cdc-pdfExternal, Extent of Rhabdomyolysis Among Wildland Firefighters-Idaho. (NIOSH Closeout Letter)
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2008-0245-3127Cdc-pdf, Determining Base Camp Personnel Exposures to Carbon Monoxide during Wildland Fire Suppression Activities – California
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 99-0173-2856Cdc-pdf, Evaluating chainsaw emissions among forestry workers-Washington.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 98-0173-2782Cdc-pdf, Assessing wildland fire fighters’ exposure to carbon monoxide- Colorado
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 92-045-2260,Cdc-pdf Characterizing fire fighters’ exposures to chemical contaminants during fire suppression operations- West Virginia
Page last reviewed: December 4, 2014
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health