Fire Fighters' Protective Clothing and Thermal Environments of Structural Fire Fighting

2009 ◽  
pp. 334-334-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
JR Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Protective Clothing ◽  
Fire Fighting ◽  
Fire Fighters ◽  
Structural Fire ◽  
Thermal Environments

Playing with fire

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Maleta
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Fire Fighting ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Fire Fighters ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
Active Fire ◽  
Traditional Work ◽  
Mixed Gender

This article considers the roles, identities and experiences of female emergency services volunteers, most of whom are active fire fighters, within a regional brigade of the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS). It is based on interviews and explores how women both adapt to and resist the culture and in the process are transforming it. RFS women were motivated by values of camaraderie, skill and community participation. Their experiences were informed by inclusion and exclusion, and the complex association of gender and competence with physical strength and leadership. Drawing upon the Foucauldian insight that power is never simply repressive but productive and relational, the findings demonstrate how women actively negotiate their position as a collective and as individuals within a mixed gender environment. This article concludes that the demonstrated prowess and agency of women within a non-traditional work context is changing and transforming the cultures and practices of rural fire fighting.

Thermal Strain in Fire Fighters While Wearing Task-Fitted Versus EN 469:2005 Protective Clothing During a Prolonged Rescue Drill

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raija Ilmarinen ◽  
Helena Mäkinen ◽  
Harri Lindholm ◽  
Anne Punakallio ◽  
Heikki Kervinen
Keyword(s):  
Protective Clothing ◽  
Thermal Strain ◽  
Fire Fighters ◽  
In Fire
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