Redmond EMS Abstracts.indd - IAFF
Redmond EMS Abstracts.indd - IAFF
Redmond EMS Abstracts.indd - IAFF
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Physical Demands of Fire Fighting<br />
Dr. Moffatt is a founding member of the <strong>IAFF</strong>/IAFC Joint Labor Management Wellness-Fitness Task<br />
Force Technical Committee and serves on the medical advisory boards for the NIOSH Firefighter<br />
Cardiovascular Mortality Study and the <strong>IAFF</strong> John P. <strong>Redmond</strong> Foundation. He has also received<br />
the prestigious National Corporate Health Achievement Award from the American College of<br />
Occupational and Environmental Medicine for his work with the City of Indianapolis police and<br />
fire departments.<br />
Thomas Hales, MD<br />
Senior Medical Epidemiologist<br />
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health<br />
DSCHEFS<br />
4676 Columbia Parkway<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226<br />
513-841-4382<br />
thales@cdc.gov<br />
Background:<br />
Dr. Hales is a senior medical epidemiologist with the CDC – NIOSH. He received his BA from<br />
Stanford University, his MD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and his<br />
MPH from University of California – Berkeley. He is board certified in internal and occupational<br />
medicine. For the past 10 years he has been the Team Leader of the NIOSH Fire Fighter Program<br />
- Cardiovascular Component, a member of the NFPA Technical Committee or Occupational Safety<br />
and Health, a working group member of NFPA 1581, 1582, and 1584, Vice-Chair of Public Safety<br />
Medicine Section of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and<br />
co-investigator of the NIOSH Fire Fighter Cancer Study.<br />
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