This handbook provides corrective measures that will help to increase the safety of emergency responders, reduce the costs of worker's compensation claims, maximize the longevity of emergency service careers, and assist with sending personnel into healthy retirements.
Read chapter 1 online
Work Smarter posters
Each poster contains safety tips on a topic covered in the Emergency Services Ergonomics and Wellness Handbook. Display one or more of the posters in your fire and emergency medical services station to encourage injury prevention by working smarter.
Backboards, stair chairs and stretchers Forcible entry Heat and cold Hoseline Lifting devices Loading and unloading equipment Complete (6) poster series*
* Microsoft Edge users: please download and open the complete poster series file in a PDF reader.
