Table 3.
Mean exposures and modifying factors by fire service.
| Fire services | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | Overall | P | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Total particulates over all deployments | 13.7 | 14.1 | 56.2 | 23.5 | 77.2 | 17.7 | 45.6 | 34.7 | <0.001 |
| Particulates during first deployment | 12.3 | 13.3 | 41.9 | 20.5 | 63.0 | 15.2 | 37.3 | 28.4 | <0.001 |
| Smoke intensity by tasks—first deployment | 3.12 | 0.35 | 3.27 | 0.43 | 3.31 | 0.28 | 3.22 | 0.35 | 0.002 |
| RPE use index—first deployment | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.19 | <0.001 |
| Skin index—first deployment | 2.18 | 0.90 | 2.06 | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 1.57 | 1.12 | <0.001 |
| N | 80 | 17 | 75 | 172 |