The objective of this work was to evaluate the job conditions and aspects related to training, health and safety of forest fire crew members at Distrito Federal. The work was carried out in some Protected Areas including Água Limpa Farm, Ecological Reserve of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and Brasília Botanical Garden. The data was collected through individual interviews with 53 fire crew members. The results showed that the fire crew members of Brasília Botanical Garden had a high number of trained workers for forest fires (92,8%), all members obtained first aid courses and there was a high number of health problems (33,3%). The fire crew members of IBGE Ecological Reserve showed a high percentage of satisfaction with the activity (84,6%) and forest fire training (92,3%), all members obtained first aid courses and there was a low accident rate (7,7%). At Água Limpa Farm there were few fire crew members with training (39,1%), high percentage of accidents (17,4%) and low percentage of health problems (8,7%). Most of the fire crew members in the three Protected Areas showed dissatisfaction with the equipment and job regulations.
Job conditions; forest fires
