THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REST CONDITIONS IN THE PRENVENTION OF HEAT STRESS
BY JAMES B. CARTER, M.Sc.; ERIC W. BANISTER, PH.D.; and JAMES B. MORRISON, PH.D.
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(Top left) A firefighter sitting in front of a fan with his turnout coat removed during the optimal recovery period. (Photos by author.) (Bottom left) A firefighter with his turnout coat unbuckled during the normal recovery period. (Right) A firefighter completing stepping work in an environmental chamber set at 407C.
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Figure 1. Group mean heart rate (±SD) increase and decline during work and recovery throughout a heat stress trial for the optimal recovery condition (thin line) and the normal recovery condition (thick line).
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Figure 2. Group mean rectal temperature (±SD) increase and decline during work and recovery throughout a heat stress trial for the OR condition (thin line) and the NR condition (thick line).
JAMES B. CARTER, M.Sc., is a firefighter with Port Coquitlam Fire/Rescue. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in the area of heat stress in firefighters.
ERIC W. BANISTER, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
JAMES B. MORRISON, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
