Question for Firefighters....
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Question for Firefighters....
The lead instructor in my Class yesterday, a Lt. for San Antonio (30 years and still going) told us an interesting fact. I'd wondered about health problems in firefighting before, besides the obvious roofs falling on you, burns and whatnot....he told us, that in a few years, we'll notice we won't have much of a sense of taste anymore. has anybody else found this?
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I don't know...........I hang around this place, guess there is no accounting for taste!
Wearing the latest Inter-Spiro would keep most if not all smoke from your taste buds....maybe he's talking about the older scba.
The biggest health hazards IMO are the constant adrenaline rushes both real and false alarms, the very inconsistent sleep patterns and some of the other FF's cooking.
Wearing the latest Inter-Spiro would keep most if not all smoke from your taste buds....maybe he's talking about the older scba.
The biggest health hazards IMO are the constant adrenaline rushes both real and false alarms, the very inconsistent sleep patterns and some of the other FF's cooking.
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Originally Posted by DOHCmarauder
I don't know...........I hang around this place, guess there is no accounting for taste!
Wearing the latest Inter-Spiro would keep most if not all smoke from your taste buds....maybe he's talking about the older scba.
The biggest health hazards IMO are the constant adrenaline rushes both real and false alarms, the very inconsistent sleep patterns and some of the other FF's cooking.
Wearing the latest Inter-Spiro would keep most if not all smoke from your taste buds....maybe he's talking about the older scba.
The biggest health hazards IMO are the constant adrenaline rushes both real and false alarms, the very inconsistent sleep patterns and some of the other FF's cooking.
Our Scott 4.5 SCBA does a great job of keeping the smoke out.
Mike
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Yup, those would be the inconsistent sleep patterns.........
But I would still rate the CONSTANT adrenaline rushes every time that alarm sounds as the biggest factor toward the heart problems that seem very prevalant.
But I would still rate the CONSTANT adrenaline rushes every time that alarm sounds as the biggest factor toward the heart problems that seem very prevalant.
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I would say it depends on how vigalant you are wearing a S.C.B.A. I have been a ff for 17 years and still hate to wear one. I know it is not the right thing to do and I will die a horrible death from some kind of cancer. As soon as the smoke clears enough that I can "hack" it I loose the S.C.B.A. So yes I think you could some of your taste sense. Just like a smoker does.
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Originally Posted by DOHCmarauder
Yup, those would be the inconsistent sleep patterns.........
But I would still rate the CONSTANT adrenaline rushes every time that alarm sounds as the biggest factor toward the heart problems that seem very prevalant.
But I would still rate the CONSTANT adrenaline rushes every time that alarm sounds as the biggest factor toward the heart problems that seem very prevalant.
If you go to most any firehouse, you'll see that a whole lot of them chain smoke, are slightly to moderately obese, eat crap for food, and don't exercise nearly enough. Let's not forget that we drink like fish.
After your first 6 months or so you lose that constant adrenaline rush on every call. Only ones that sound good. It gets less and less as time goes on. I try to stop myself from getting the adrenaline rush whenever possible. It makes people too excited and that causes mistakes.
Mike
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Possibly the loss of taste is from all the hot sauce used in the firehouse. It seems as though hot sauce is ketchup, mustard, salt, pepper, seasoning, all rolled in to one easy to use bottle. It may also mask the taste of some of the food some of the guys make. But seriously, I don't know of any firefighter experiencing taste loss. Damn, Mike don't paint the whole picture with the pretty brush. Another proven source of stress on firefighters is the gear. Tests have proven(yes I was involved and saw the data) that the fully encapsulating gear, along with the headom(nomex hood) doesn't allow for the body's natural ability to shed excess heat build up. Which works the heart harder. I will give credit to the manufacturers as they are coming up with new liners for bunker gear that do a better job of helping the body shed heat.
Personally I don't like wearing my hood. Now that we have to have fully encapsulating gear and a hood we get into atmosperes that are way to hot for us to be there and we don't know it.
T. Roberts
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Personally I don't like wearing my hood. Now that we have to have fully encapsulating gear and a hood we get into atmosperes that are way to hot for us to be there and we don't know it.
T. Roberts
UFD Local 1147
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Your instructor is full of it! I couldnt see how it would be possible either because when your in the fire your lungs and such are not exposed to the heat nad flame becuase your wearing your SCBA.
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My dad is a retired fire fighter with 32 years of service. No taste problems...
The constant awakening is what gets him, but more often then not he didn't have to go when they were called. He didn't have to hit medical aids.
The constant awakening is what gets him, but more often then not he didn't have to go when they were called. He didn't have to hit medical aids.
