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.
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. 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
- Page last reviewed: January 4, 2017
- Page last updated: January 4, 2017
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Office of the Director