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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2020 Jun 7;142:105818. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105818

Table 1.

Firefighter demographics are presented for the high and low call volume departments. The term “operational firefighter” includes firefighters (n=22; 39%), firefighter/paramedics (n=8; 14%), and firefighter/driver operators (n=5; 9%). Due to rounding, not all percentages total 100.

Firefighter Variable High Call Volume Low Call Volume
Age 37.4±7.98 38.8±7.09
Years in fire service 13.7±9.72 13.4±6.83
Rank
 Operational firefighter 18 (62%) 17 (63%)
 Captain 7 (24%) 7 (26%)
 Chief 4 (14%) 3 (11%)
Number of fire attacks
 Overall fire calls 112 38
 Minimum 0 0
 Median 13 7
 Maximum 25 16
Education
 High school graduate 1 (3%) 1 (4%)
 College classes 23 (79%) 16 (59%)
 College graduate 4 (14%) 10 (37%)
 Advanced degree 1 (3%) 0 (0%)
Minority Status
 Caucasian male 26 (90%) 26 (96%)
 Caucasian female 0 (0%) 1 (4%)
 Non-Caucasian male 3 (10%) 0 (0%)