The Hazards of Cleanup: The Physiologic Stress Continues

摘要

"PICK IT UP AND GET READY FOR the next one." This is an order you have received and given countless times throughout your fire service career. It is how the fire service operates. Companies respond to the emergency, perform the needed tasks, solve the problem, and then repack and reset because you need to be ready to immediately respond to the next call for assistance. This work model is instilled into our newest recruits and reinforced throughout day-to-day practices. Company officers need to make their companies available as soon as possible, and chief officers begin releasing companies from incident scenes quickly, keeping only those essential for final overhaul and scene cleanup. The ability to respond quickly is a mainstay of our service delivery model. Getting companies back into service following an incident is a fundamental function of how the fire service serves its customers.