WEBINAR online

 

Firefighters’ skin contamination with fire emissions: risks and decontamination procedures

FREE but mandatory registration.

Program

9h15 – Opening session

Renaud Persoons, TIMC, University Grenoble Alpes; CHU, Grenoble Alpes (France)

 

9h20 – Post-fire skin contamination in firefighters: a literature review

G. Sousa, F. Rodrigues, M. Oliveira; REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Politécnico do Porto (Portugal)

 

9h40 – Assessment of firefighters’ skin exposure to PAHs during wildland and controlled fire situations using skin wipes and hand wrists

 I. Girot, M. Marques, L. Coureau, M. Carles, C. Demeilliers, R. Persoons; TIMC, University Grenoble Alpes; CHU, Grenoble Alpes (France)

 

10h00 – Biomonitoring of fire instructors’ exposure to PAHs during controlled fire and mitigation strategies

P. Zangl, V. Bonneterre, C. Collart, R. Persoons; TIMC, University Grenoble Alpes; CHU, Grenoble Alpes (France)

 

10h20 – A realistic human skin model to study benzo[a]pyrene cutaneous absorption in order to determine the most relevant biomarker for carcinogenic exposure

E. Bourgart, D. Barbeau, M. Marques, A. von Koschembahr, D. Béal, R. Persoons, MT. Leccia, T. Douki, A. Maitre; TIMC, University Grenoble Alpes; CHU, Grenoble Alpes (France)

 

10h40 – Break

 

10h50 – Procedimentos de Descontaminação Implementados no Corpo de Bombeiros de Tomar

H. Morgado; Commander of Tomar Fire Station; Firefighter Mayday Program (Portugal)

 

11h10 – A practical guidance for post-fire decontamination

R. Leite; Fire Officer from Matosinhos-Leça Fire Station; Firefighter Mayday Program (Portugal)

 

11h30 – La décontamination à partir du moment où le pompier sort du feu

R. Laurens; President of Association Risques, Incendies, Fumees, Sante (France)

 

11h50 – Descontaminação de emergência

M. Ferreira, J. M. Ferreira; Subchefes Regimento de Sapadores Bombeiros de Lisboa (Portugal)

 

12h10 – Effective Skin Decontamination for Firefighters

J. Schubert; CEO DermaPurge GmbH, Leibniz; Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Germany)

 

12h30 – Closing session

Marta Oliveira, REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Politécnico do Porto (Portugal)

 

FireSkin received financial support from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Educação, Ciência e Inovação (2024.07134.CBM) under the PESSOA Programme, a Bilateral Cooperation between Portugal and France