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Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Report

Issue No. 8 of the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Report (0451–2802–MTDC) focuses on efforts to maintain immune function in wildland firefighters. The report includes:

• Summaries of recent field studies related to immune function.
  
  
• Proven strategies for maintaining immune function during wildland fire suppression.
  
  
• Guidelines for selecting liquid and solid energy supplements to maintain immune function in firefighters working in arduous conditions.

For more information on immune function, contact Brian Sharkey, project leader (phone: 406–329–3989; e-mail: bsharkey@fs.fed.us).

USDA Forest Service and U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management employees can view the report on the USDA Forest Service's internal computer network at: http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf04512802/pdf04512802dpi72.pdf.

Others can view the report over the Internet (username: t-d, password: t-d) http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf04512802/pdf04512802dpi72.pdf.

To order a copy of the report, contact Cailen Hegman, MTDC publications (phone: 406–329–3719; e-mail: cahegman@fs.fed.us).

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