A West Metro Fire Rescue captain is leading a study on firefighter sleep habits as he looks to improve health and safety nationwide.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A West Metro fire captain is turning to technology to try and figure out ways to get firefighters more sleep.
Captain Mike Binney is in a graduate program at Yale University and is focusing his research on sleep deprivation within the fire service.
“The sleep habits are not great because you grab sleep wherever you can,” Binney said. “I think it’s commonplace to have hot coffee in the fire station 24/7 for that reason.”
Binney says it’s common to be woken up multiple times every night for various medical or fire-related emergencies across the district.
Binney says the true impact hasn’t received much attention and believes this is the first time a study like this has taken place.
A group of 197 firefighters are …