Mobile app tracks on-the-job exposures to carcinogens

摘要

The National Fire Operations Reporting System (NFORS) Exposure Tracker is an app firefighters, paramedics, and officers can use to record work-related exposures to carcinogens and other occupational hazards. The app can be used to create a personal diary for logging exposures and incident details in a private, encrypted, and secure online environment. Fire departments will not have access to the data. The app can be downloaded for free from app stores. Fire departments participating in the NFORS Analytics (CAD module) will receive periodic aggregate, not individual, reports about overall exposure trends.The NFORS Exposure Tracker was developed through a partnership of fire service research partners, including the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association, the International Public Safety Data Institute (IPSDI), Underwriters Laboratories, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Urban Institute, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Center for Public Safety Excellence. Funding was through the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant program and the Ramsey Social Justice Foundation.