FIGHTING WILDFIRES

Health Hazard Evaluations

NIOSH conducts Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs) to find out whether there are health hazards to employees caused by exposures or conditions in the workplace.

Some recent HHE reports related to firefighting have been listed below. For a comprehensive listing of HHE reports please search the HHE Database .

• Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2012-0077-3223 Evaluation of employee exposures to Libby amphibole asbestos during forest management activities in the Kootenai National Forest-Montana
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2011-0035, Extent of Rhabdomyolysis Among Wildland Firefighters-Idaho. (NIOSH Closeout Letter)
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2008-0245-3127, Determining Base Camp Personnel Exposures to Carbon Monoxide during Wildland Fire Suppression Activities – California
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 99-0173-2856, Evaluating chainsaw emissions among forestry workers-Washington.
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 98-0173-2782, Assessing wildland fire fighters’ exposure to carbon monoxide- Colorado
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 92-045-2260, Characterizing fire fighters’ exposures to chemical contaminants during fire suppression operations- West Virginia