This discussion features four of the fire service's best minds on health and safety that sheds light on the invisble dangers of the modern fire environment that all firefighters will be exposed to at some point in the ir careers.
Courses with Gavin Horn
Director
Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI)
GAVIN HORN has served as the director of the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) research program, a department within the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, since 2004. In that same year, he received a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a volunteer firefighterengineer with the Savoy (IL) Fire Department.
The three fire service health experts head this interactive, indepth discussion on the research of firefighters' heart health on the fireground.
Horn talks about the importance of and maximizing firefighters' air usage and consumption on the fireground
The popular group of fire service health researchers offer updates on how best to protect fireground workers from the dangers of toxic chemicals and other harmful elements.
Horn discusses the most recent research and results from IFSI's PPE cleaning studies and how your PPE can best combat hazardous particulates found on the fireground.
Gavin Horn offers these updates in the most recent experiments in fire behavior, decontamination of PPE, and other lessons learned in the field to help prevent firefighters from getting sick or dying on the fireground.
