NFPA Journal - Summer 2022 - 16
Dispatches
FIRE SERVICE
'CONCERNINGLY
COMMON'
LONG COVID IS A PROBLEM FOR THE FIRE SERVICE, BUT LITTLE IS
KNOWN ABOUT THE DETAILS. A NEW STUDY IS UNDERWAY TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION. IN THIS EXCERPT FROM THE NFPA
PODCAST, A RESEARCHER DESCRIBES WHAT THE STUDY HOPES TO
LEARN AND HOW FIREFIGHTERS CAN BENEFIT.
Interview conducted and edited by Angelo Verzoni
A
fter firefighter Matt Rogge was
diagnosed with COVID-19 in July
2020, it took him over a month
to return to work. Even then,
things were far from normal for
WIPED
According to
researchers, many
firefighters may
experience chronic
fatigue and not
realize that it could
be linked to a case
of COVID that they
had months earlier.
the 14-year veteran of the Sacramento Fire
Department.
" It was a struggle coming back, " Rogge says in
a video posted by the department on YouTube. " I
could do the job, but it was difficult. "
Rogge's experience is consistent with what's
known as long COVID-a condition where
COVID symptoms including fatigue and shortness
of breath persist for weeks or even months
following acute illness. These post-COVID
conditions may also be known as COVID long,
long-haul COVID, post-acute COVID, long-term
effects of COVID, or chronic COVID. Studies suggest
anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of COVID
patients will experience long COVID, with a
higher risk for unvaccinated individuals and
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people with certain underlying conditions such
as diabetes. For the fire service, experts say long
COVID presents unique challenges that could put
firefighters and the public they serve at risk.
In March, Dr. Denise Smith, an exercise physiologist
at Skidmore College, joined The NFPA
Podcast to discuss the link
between what she refers to
as COVID long and the fire
service. Smith is part of a
team of researchers leading
a project called Continuing
the Fight Against COVID
Together, or C-FACT, to study
long COVID and the fire
service over the next several
NFPA.ORG/
DISPATCHES
Listen to an
NFPA podcast on
long COVID and
the fire service.
Watch a video by
the Sacramento
Fire Department
on Matt Rogge's
COVID journey.
months. The project is being supported by the
Fire Protection Research Foundation.
An excerpt from Smith's podcast interview is
included below, and the full episode is available
at nfpa.org/podcasts.
http://www.NFPA.ORG/distches
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