The silent killer for the fire service is carbon monoxide and the IAFF and the IAFC, have launched an educational campaign to raise awareness of its dangers.
Aptly called \”The Silent Killer,\” the health and safety campaign includes a six-minute video that highlights the immediate and long-term risks connected with carbon monoxide exposure. It\’s aimed at raising firefighter and responder awareness to the dangers of the colorless, odorless toxic gas.
The video can be viewed online at TheSilentKiller.net and DVDs will be widely distributed to fire departments throughout the world.
\”Carbon monoxide (CO) is a significant and deadly occupational risk factor for firefighters,\” said Harold A. Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters. \”We know that carbon monoxide is present in every fire and symptoms of CO poisoning are nonspecific and easy to miss. Any firefighter potentially exposed to CO and presenting with headache, nausea, shortness of breath or gastrointestinal symptoms should be assessed.\”
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