- Author
- King, A. R.
- Title
- Efficiency of Rural Firefighters.
- Coporate
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
- Report
- Technical Paper No. 4, 1962, 13 p.
- Keywords
- fire fighters | rural fires | heat stress | radiation hazards | dehydration | smoke | sleep | health hazards
- Abstract
- This paper gives points of good practice to be followed by rural firefighters if they are to maintain their physical fitness and efficiency whilst attending bushfires. Observational and experimental findings are presented, and various developments are indicated.