While these findings are positive from an agency
standpoint, it is unclear whether the same would hold true if
firefighters were exposed to multiple days of physical work in the
heat or more extreme ambient temperatures, as can occur during
wildfire suppression (Aisbett et al.,2012; Cuddy and Ruby,2011).
Nevertheless,these findings indicate that with adequate rest and
unlimited access to fluids, firefighters performing self-paced firefighting
work in the heat can be equally effective as under
temperate conditions