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Author
Fire Engineering
Title
Fallen Firefighters of 2001 Remembered.
Journal
Fire Engineering, Vol. 155, No. 12, 40-43, December 2002
Keywords
fire fighters | death | fire statistics | health hazards | self contained breathing apparatus | respirators | decontamination | hazardous materials
Identifiers
heart attack leading cause of death for fire fighters; Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) certifies SCBA respirators to new NFPA criteria; NFPA: fire deaths in homes droped more than 9 percent in 2001; NIST/USFA offer information on basic decontamination