The property damage caused by the fires, firefighting efforts, and health effects all have significant costs.
Hemostatic function was assessed in 24 male firefighters (mean age = 48.2 ± 5.9 years) immediately before and after 18 minutes of live-fire firefighting activity.
At the scene of a fire, after firefighting, the best way to relieve heat strain is to remove all the firefighting gear, but it is not easy for firefighters to quickly doff their clothing and equipment (Kwon et al. 2012).
Although the Governors Island tests involve a huge installation of advanced electronic gear, intended to help create computerized models of the interaction of wind and fire, the firefighting tools being tested may seem mundane: portable fans, fireproof blankets or curtains and spraying devices on poles.
Arriving here at the heart of the high-risk fire region, firefighting teams from as far as Alaska and California are finding that the drought threat along the East Coast, severe as it is, is secondary to a wave of nearly continuous arson attacks in thick pine woods crisp with drifts of summer-dry leaves.
The problem with the fires obviously has been that in order to fight the fires, the firefighting crews have required protection themselves.
As more houses are built in the forests, fires and firefighting become more expensive, experts say.
The show at the museum, "Firefighters and the Great Paterson Fire," concentrates on firefighting artifacts.
Principal industries include shipbuilding and the manufacture of automotive parts, fire extinguishers and firefighting equipment, paper products, and metal products.
