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Wildland Health Hazard Evaluations
Wildland Firefighter Hotshot crew digs a fire break along a ridge line. Image provided by US Forest Service Technology and Development Program.
Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE’s)
NIOSH conducts Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE’s) to find out whether there are health hazards to employees caused by exposures or conditions in the workplace.
For a comprehensive listing of HHE reports please search the HHE Database.
Select Wildland Firefighting Related HHE's
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 2018-0094-3355, Evaluation of Fire Debris Cleanup Employees’ Exposure to Silica, Asbestos, Metals, and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 2017-0076-3352, Evaluation of Wildland Firefighters’ Exposures to Asbestos During Prescribed Burns Near a Former Vermiculite Mine.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. 2015-0028-3330, Evaluation of Wildland Firefighter Exposures during Fuel Reduction Projects.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2013-0061-3244, Evaluation of Eronite and Silica Exposure during Forest Management and Fire Suppression Activities in the Custer National Forest.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2012-0077-3223, Evaluation of Employee Exposures to Libby Amphibole Asbestos during Forest Management Activities in the Kootenai National Forest – Montana
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2011-0035, Extent of Rhabdomyolysis Among Wildland Firefighters – Idaho. (NIOSH Closeout Letter)
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 2008-0245-3127, Determining Base Camp Personnel Exposures to Carbon Monoxide during Wildland Fire Suppression Activities – California
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 99-0173-2856, Evaluating Chainsaw Emissions among Forestry Workers – Washington.
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 98-0173-2782, Assessing Wildland Firefighters’ Exposure to Carbon Monoxide – Colorado
- Health Hazard Evaluation Report, HETA 92-045-2260, Characterizing Firefighters’ Exposures to Chemical Contaminants during Fire Suppression Operations – West Virginia