Smoke is worse than you think - Episode 10

Apologies for the spelling mistakes! I'll check more thoroughly in future! It's spelled and pronounced Formaldehyde.
An introduction to smoke and how firefighters can keep themselves safe from its potential health effects.
Further reading:
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
www.health.nsw.gov.au/environ...
www.uptodate.com/contents/car...
Additional Resources:
An Introduction To Fire Dynamics - Third edition - Dougal Douglas 2011
Fire on Earth, An Introduction - Scott, Bowman, Bond, Pyne and Alexander 2014
Prescribed Burning In Australia, The science, practice and politics of burning the bush. Leavesley, Wouters and Thornton 2020

[@kjmcc]

Great work mate. Just finishing recruit school right now. Really well done

[@MattDavis5]

Thanks! And nice work finishing your recruit course 👍

[@PhilipRhoadesP]

Typos for "formaldehyde".
I am horrified at fire fighters having to work in conditions that expose them to the "natural" poisons let alone the manufactured, industiral "forever" chemicals . .

[@MattDavis5]

Hi Phillip. Unfortunately it was a bit worse than a typo. I wrote it wrong more than once from memory 🤦‍♂️ I've got better at spell checking since then. Yes the chemicals in smoke are a real hazard and we need to take them very seriously for our own health and safety 👍🏼

[@nakamura7346]

I'm living in China now. The concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 in the air is often beyond the range of measurement.

[@MattDavis5]

That’s not ideal! Unfortunately you are not alone. There are plenty of places around the world facing air quality issues. Make sure you look after yourself 🙂

[@apexyl5135]

I’m not a firefighter… I’m never gonna be a firefight. I have an english paper due in a few hours. Why am I here????

[@owensweetland342]

"spelled" not "spelt"

[@MattDavis5]

fixed.. Cheers.