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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk associated with respiratory symptoms among city firefighters in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cross\u2010sectional study utilizing the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) questionnaire was administered to firefighters and police officers, in order to evaluate their respiratory symptoms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Complete respiratory data were obtained from 1,235 firefighters and 1,839 police officers. Among the firefighters, there were 55.5% never\u2010smokers, 22.4% current smokers and 18.2% former smokers (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Among the police officers, there were 63.4%, 18.6%, and 9.6% who were never\u2010smokers, current smokers and former smokers (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05), respectively. Compared to police, firefighters experienced an increase in wheezing [OR\u2009=\u20091.63 (95% CI: 1.43\u20131.87)], wheezing with breathlessness [OR\u2009=\u20091.34 (95% CI: 1.10\u20131.64)], wheezing without a cold [OR\u2009=\u20091.60 (95% CI: 1.32\u20131.95)], waking with tightness in the chest [OR\u2009=\u20091.20 (95% CI: 1.02\u20131.42)], and rhinitis [OR\u2009=\u20091.12 (95% CI: 1.03\u20131.22)]. The prevalence of adult\u2010onset asthma in never\u2010smokers was 9.3% and 6.7% for firefighters and police officers [OR\u2009=\u20091.23 (95% CI: 1.01\u20131.56)]. An independent association was observed between years employed, smoking, history of rhinitis, and work as a firefighter and respiratory and nasal symptoms. We observed a high prevalence of asthma\u2010like symptoms in firefighters who presented respiratory symptoms beginning immediately after firefighting.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results suggest that the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and asthma in firefighters is higher than those in police officers. Work\u2010as a firefighter, rhinitis and years employed were risk factors for respiratory symptoms of asthma. Am. J. Ind. 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