Exposures that go unrecorded
In 2024 the French Senate noted that exposure forms were not filled in systematically. In 2023, the public-sector pension fund (CNRACL) recorded only 24 occupational disease claims from firefighters.
Firefighter exposure trackingEvery fire leaves a trace. We make it visible.
A firefighter exposure record logs, call by call, what each firefighter was exposed to: type of fire, position held, duration, protection and decontamination. VB Safety helps French fire services (SDIS) keep it for every firefighter and send it to their medical service (SSSM), with the Carnet Expo CMR, a contamination reporting tool.
What is at stake
A recognised risk, exposures still poorly recorded
Decontamination that is hard to prove
Undressing zone, bagged gear, wipes, shower: the steps exist, but nothing shows they were actually done, firefighter by firefighter.
Effects that appear decades later
Without a dated, individual record, linking a disease to past calls is very hard when seeking recognition.
What we do for you
From the fire ground to the medical file, without retyping
A tool designed with firefighters that follows the real path of a call: the crew commander records, command follows up, the medical service checks.
Carnet Expo CMR
The crew's contamination report, filled in at the end of the call.
- Written by the crew commander or incident commander for the whole crew: role, breathing apparatus, contamination, decontamination
- Station command sees which reports are up to date, pending or late, and sends reminders
- The medical service checks, corrects, imports its measurements and validates
- Each firefighter views and exports their own history
- Role-based access enforced by the server
PPE module
Turnout gear tracking (jacket, trousers, hood), linked to the calls where it was worn and managed by the station's PPE officer.
- Gear to be changed after each fire
- Washing and return to service tracked
- Alert threshold per garment
- Full history, garment by garment
On-site measurement
A contamination indicator measured on site, to check decontamination instead of assuming it.
- Quick measurement after the call
- Result linked to the firefighter and the call
- Measurement reference kept in the report
- Developed and tested with firefighters
How it works
4 steps after each call
The crew commander reports
For the whole crew: role held, breathing apparatus, degree of contamination, decontamination steps.
Command checks
Does every call have its report? The station chief sees what is missing and sends reminders, without access to individual data.
The medical service reviews
It views and corrects if needed, adds measurements and samples, then validates and locks the report.
The firefighter keeps the proof
Every dated exposure, the cumulative history, exportable at any time.
Regulation (France)
What the texts say
- 2022IARC · Monograph 132
Firefighting classified as carcinogenic to humans
Sufficient evidence for mesothelioma and bladder cancer; limited evidence for five other cancers.
Read the IARC monograph - 2024Decree no. 2024-307In force
A list of workers exposed to CMR agents
French employers keep an up-to-date list of exposed workers; the information is kept for at least forty years.
Read the decree on Légifrance (FR) - 2025BillPassed by the Senate
An exposure record for every firefighter
Each fire service would keep an exposure record for every career or volunteer firefighter exposed to CMR agents, following a national template.
Read the text passed by the Senate (FR) - 2025Decree no. 2025-1349In force
Occupational diseases: tables 16 bis and 30
Firefighting work is now listed in the occupational disease tables for combustion soot and asbestos.
Read the decree on Légifrance (FR)
Details, official sources and decontamination steps: firefighter cancer and fire smoke guide (in French).
Frequently asked questions
What fire services ask us
Who enters the information after a call?
The crew commander or the incident commander, for themselves and their crew. They know the roles held, the use of breathing apparatus and the decontamination conditions. Firefighters have nothing to enter.
Where is the data hosted?
The demo runs on a server in France, with fictitious data. For a real deployment, exposure data is health data: it is hosted by a certified health data host (HDS) or on the fire service's own infrastructure.
Are volunteer firefighters covered?
Yes. They breathe the same smoke as career firefighters, and the bill passed by the French Senate in 2025 explicitly includes them.
Can the tool be adapted to our fire service?
Yes: call types, decontamination protocol, validation circuit, roles and export formats for the medical service can all be configured.
Is the tool available in English?
The tool is currently in French, for French fire services. Contact us if you work outside France.
Demo
See the Carnet with all five profiles
Firefighter, crew commander, station chief, medical service, PPE officer: try each view with fictitious data, then let's talk about a version for your service.