Pre-cursors to physical employment standards for rural tanker-based bushfire suppression work Phillips, Matthew 2011, Pre-cursors to physical employment standards for rural tanker-based bushfire suppression work, Ph.D. thesis, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads phillips-precursorstophysical-2011A.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 2.16MB 529 Title Pre-cursors to physical employment standards for rural tanker-based bushfire suppression work Author Phillips, Matthew Institution Deakin University School School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Faculty Faculty of Health Degree name Ph.D. Thesis advisor Aisbett, Brad orcid.org/0000-0001-8077-0272 Date submitted 2011-08-10 Keyword(s) ‬volunteer fire fighters‎ health and hygiene fire fighters occupational health and safety Summary This thesis quantified the physical demands of Australian rural bushfire suppression and developed a controlled bushfire simulation suitable for ongoing bushfire research. The findings of this thesis will be used to develop physical employment standards and OH&S strategies to protect the 200,000 volunteer firefighters Australia wide. Language eng Field of Research 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Socio Economic Objective 920505 Occupational Health Description of original 186 p. : PDF file Dewey Decimal Classification ‬363.3709 Copyright notice ©The Author. All Rights Reserved Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036711 Document type: Thesis Collections: Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 25 Aug 2011, 11:04:02 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2011, 11:17:19 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2011, 12:48:43 EST Thu, 25 Aug 2011, 12:50:12 EST Mon, 03 Oct 2011, 14:04:57 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 06:50:30 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 08:33:26 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:27:41 EST Wed, 12 Sep 2018, 09:35:44 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 227 Abstract Views, 534 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 25 Aug 2011, 11:03:52 EST by Kimberley Cunningham