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International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 5 Participant demographics

From: Examination of current U.S. female firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) sizing and fitting process challenges: an opportunity to improve safety

Attribute

Participant response

 Percentage

Type of fire fighter

Career

61 %

Volunteer

22 %

Both career and volunteer

8 %

Trainee

7 %

Fire inspector

3 %

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish

88 %

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish

11 %

Preferred not to answer

1 %

Race

White

84 %

 

Other

7 %

 

Black/African American

4 %

 

Native American/Alaskan Native

3 %

 

Native Hawaiian

1 %

 

Preferred not to answer

1 %

  1. Total participants = 74. 100% of the participants responded to all of the survey demographic questions