Territory Stories

Fire fighter cooling in tropical field conditions

Details:

Title

Fire fighter cooling in tropical field conditions,

Creator

Brearkey, Matt B, Norton, Ian, Trewin, Terry, Mitchell, Claire,

Issued by

National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books,

Date

2011,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., To assess the physiological responses of fire fighters to a simulate protracted incident in tropical conditions, and to compare the effectiveness of four cooling methods.,

Notes

Includes bibliographical references.,

Language

English,

Subject

Fire fighters, Heat -- Physiological effect, Body temperature -- Physiological effect, Physiological effect, Body temperature, Northern Territory, Heat, Fire fighters -- Northern Territory,

Publisher name

, Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Darwin (NT),

Format

52 pages : illustrations, plan ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/252355,