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Friday, November 20, 2009

Dress for Success

The National Fire Protection Association has been analyzing firefighter deaths and injuries on an annual basis for many years. The reports indicate more than 80,000 firefighters suffer injury in the performance of their duties each year. The good news is that there was a 4% reduction in injuries in 2007. The increased emphasis that fire organizations have given to safety, along with the technological improvements over the recent years, have shown a significant improvement in injury reduction since the 1980s. NFPA reports estimate there were 13,450 exposures to infectious diseases and 28,300 exposures to hazardous ...

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