{"id":27292,"date":"2008-09-08T15:41:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T22:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildfire.fpinnovations.ca\/hydration-options-for-wildland-firefighters\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:08:13","slug":"hydration-options-for-wildland-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildfire.fpinnovations.ca\/fr\/hydration-options-for-wildland-firefighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydration options for wildland firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hydration options for wildland firefighters<\/div>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]2008[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Rory Thompson (Lead)[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The fluids that forest firefighting personnel prefer to consume are water and drinks containing electrolytes. These fluids are usually brand-name products contained in safety-sealed 500 ml or 1 L plastic bottles. The cost of
\nproviding these products is relatively high. Other issues associated with this form of delivery are the logistics and
\ncosts of collecting the empty bottles from the fire line or fire camp and transporting them to a disposal site. The Aviation and Forest Fire Management Branch of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources asked FPInnovations
\nto investigate alternative hygienic means of delivering drinking fluids to forest firefighting personnel, and the
\nassociated costs. FPInnovations examined various means of providing potable fluids to fire crews and compared the advantages and disadvantages.[\/vc_column_text]

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