Heat stress comes with the job when you’re a firefighter.

But if you’re fighting a bush fire in the middle of a national park, or on a busy city motorway, what is the most effective way to cool down? How effectively you can do this has life-threatening implications. 

This ground-breaking partnership with NSW Fire and Rescue puts a scientific lens on the issue and seeks to find the best solution to heat stress.

In this episode:

Andrew Richardson, health and fitness adviser with Fire and Rescue NSW

Dr Hugh Fullagar, senior lecturer with the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at UTS

Mark Gabriel, rescue firefighter at Fire and Rescue NSW

Heat stress comes with the job when you’re a firefighter.
But if you’re fighting a bush fire in the middle of a national park, or on a busy city motorway, what is the most effective way to cool down? How effectively you can do this has life-threatening implications. 
This ground-breaking partnership with NSW Fire and Rescue puts a scientific lens on the issue and seeks to find the best solution to heat stress.
In this episode:
Andrew Richardson, health and fitness adviser with Fire and Rescue NSW
Dr Hugh Fullagar, senior lecturer with the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at UTS
Mark Gabriel, rescue firefighter at Fire and Rescue NSW

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind explores the world-changing research undertaken at the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). How can we live better, longer and without pain?

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind explores the world-changing research undertaken at the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). How can we live better, longer and without pain?

Healthy Body Healthy Mind

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind explores the world-changing research undertaken at the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). How can we live better, longer and without pain?



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Healthy Body, Healthy Mind explores the world-changing research undertaken at the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). How can we live better, longer and without pain?
 
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