Water immersion for post incident cooling of firefighters; a review of practical fire ground cooling modalities

Rapidly cooling firefighters post emergency response is likely to increase the operational effectiveness of fire services during prolonged incidents. A variety of techniques have therefore been examined to return firefighters core body temperature to safe levels prior to fire scene re-entry or redep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brearley, Matt, Walker, Anthony
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4588265/