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    The Fire Service Occupational Health and Safety Program is a unique core program contributed by the Occupational Health Nursing Program. The Occupational Health Nursing Program has taken a leadership role in bringing together a team of occupational health researchers, practitioners, students, and fire service groups to systematically study the worker and organizational factors that contribute to musculoskeletal injuries among firefighters and paramedics. The Fire Service Program has NIOSH research grants to conduct an ergonomic study of the fire service and to examine the effects of a physical fitness program on work-related fatigue among firefighters. The Program also organized a conference on the reduction of musculoskeletal injuries in the fire service that was attended by over 100 fire service personnel from six states. In addition to its excellent working relationship with area fire chiefs, the Fire Service Program faculty serve as consultants to the International Union of Firefighters. Our faculty have completed a mortality study of Chicago firefighters and have co-edited the first comprehensive text on the health and safety hazards of firefighting.