Redmond EMS Abstracts.indd - IAFF

Physical Demands of Fire Fighting
Jim Brown, PhD
Director
Firefighter Health & Safety Research
Indiana University at Bloomington
107 S. Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 7000
jbrown@saferesponder.com
Background:
Dr. Brown is an applied physiologist with a background in cardio-respiratory and neuromuscular
aspects of work and exercise physiology. His research focuses on ambulatory measurement of
human physiology, especially within the first responder population. Dr. Brown has conducted
multiple federally-funded studies in the fire service and is dedicated to the reduction of fire fighter
line of duty deaths. Jim joined the faculty at Indiana University in the fall of 2007 to establish the
IU Firefighter Health & Safety Research Program.
Dr. Brown received his Doctor of Philosophy in Human Performance, a Master of Science in
Exercise Physiology and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology all from Indiana University.
Steve Moffatt, MD
Director
Public Safety Medical Services
303 N. Alabama, Suite 110
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Steven.moffatt@publicsafetymed.com
Background:
Dr. Moffatt is the owner and medical director of Public Safety Medical based in Indianapolis,
Indiana. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine with a specialty in Internal
Medicine. With a focus on the prevention of early death and disability, his occupational medical
clinic has been providing medical, fitness and health promotion services to public safety agencies
since 1990. His organization currently serves over 250 departments and over 9,000 personnel
annually throughout Indiana and into Illinois and Ohio.
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