Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service

Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH, DABT (DABT is a recognized toxicology credential), physician, occupational epidemiologist, toxicologist. Dr. Guidotti will serve as overall editor. Alex Forrest, LLD, lawyer, firefighter and President of the United Firefighters of Winnipeg (IAFF) Nancy Lightfoot, PhD, MSc, occupational and community health, cancer epidemiologist and expert on wildfire effects.

• 1. Introduction, Ambassador Gary Doe.- 2. Fire fighters at risk, Tee Guidotti.- 3. Fire fighting, Alex Forrest.- 4. Traumatic Hazards of Fire fighting, Alex Forrest.- 5. Ergonomic Hazards of Fire fighting, Tee Guidotti.- 6. Toxic Hazards of Fire fighting,Tee Guidotti.- 7. Psychosocial Hazards of Fire fighting, Nancy Lightfoot.- 8. Assessing the Health Risks of Fire fighting: Epidemiology, Nancy Lightfoot.- 9. Interpreting Health Risks for Compensation, Tee Guidotti.- 10. Cardiovascular Risks of Fire fighting, Nancy Lightfoot.- 11.Respiratory Risks of Fire fighting,  Tee Guidotti.- 12. Cancer Risk and Fire fighting, Tee Guidotti.- 13. Reducing the Risks of Fire fighting, Alex Forrest.- 14.Compensating the Risks of Fire fighting, Alex Forrest.- 15.  Presumption and Fairness in Compensation, Alex Forrest.- 16. Impact of Fair Compensation on the Fire Service, Alex Forrest and Ken Block.