Public Safety Program

Organizations and Other Resources

Guidance Documents

Fentanyl: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Emergency Responders

Protecting Emergency Responders, RAND Reports

Health Hazard Evaluations

A Health Hazard Evaluation is a study of a workplace that is done to learn whether workers are exposed to hazardous materials or harmful conditions and to provide recommendations for protecting these workers. More than 100 Health Hazard Evaluation Reports have been published related to Public Safety workers. You can search for reports of interest. A few examples are:

• Evaluation of Potential Employee Exposures During Crime and Death Investigations at a County Coroner's Office
• Evaluation of Chemical and Particle Exposures During Vehicle Fire Suppression Training
• Exposure to Hazardous Metals During Electronics Recycling at Four UNICOR Facilities
• Immigration and Naturalization Service, National Firearms Unit
• Noise and Lead Exposures at an Outdoor Firing Range
• Evaluation of Lead Exposure at an Indoor Firing Range
• Broward County Parks and Recreation Division, Markham Park
• Fort Collins Police Services

NIOSH Publications

NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH. The links below provide the results of selected searches for several industry segments within the Public Safety sector:

These searches can be refined further by users to better meet their particular needs.

• Fire Fighting
• Law Enforcement
• Corrections
• Emergency Medical Services
• Wildland

Local, State, and Federal Government

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

U.S. Border Patrol

U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

New York Department of Health