Help keep firefighters safe as they protect the public with the 2022 edition of NFPA 1582,
Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments.
Fire departments can help ensure their personnel are capable of safely and effectively performing their required duties with the latest edition of NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments. This essential standard provides you with multiple chapters that detail the medical evaluations for candidates and members. The 2022 edition of this NFPA® safety standard incorporates current research and knowledge to present the latest provisions for a comprehensive occupational medical program and outlines occupational medical and fitness evaluations for fire department members.
Updates to this NFPA standard keep pace with current developments in medical technologies and treatments to help keep fire personnel safe.
The latest edition of NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, includes several significant changes:
- Expanded and revised material on psychiatric, psychological, and behavioral health was added; essential job tasks were updated in Sections 5.1 and 9.1.
- In Chapters 6 and 9, the alignment of medical evaluation criteria was improved.
- Updated guidance on cancer screening was added.
- The annex on "Protocols for Evaluation of Fitness of Members" was replaced with a reference to the Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness-Fitness Initiative (WFI) in Chapter 8.
- The annex on "Maternal and Child Health Considerations" was updated in accordance with the latest research and information.
Firefighting continues to be a challenging profession — help reduce occupational injuries and illnesses with NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments.
The latest edition of NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, is an important resource for fire departments and fire department physicians, or those medical professionals that are providing physicals to fire department candidates and members.
Help fire service personnel stay healthy by ordering the 2022 edition of NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, today.
