- Author
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Utech, H. P.
- Title
- Eating Smoke--The Dispensable Dies. Part 1. On Firefighters and Their Breathing Apparatus.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Journal
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Fire Independent,
Vol. 1,
No. 1,
1-19,
January/February 1975
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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leakage
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face masks
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face protection
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self contained breathing apparatus
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smoke
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toxic gases
- Abstract
- Toxic gases are widely acknowledged to be the most severe and persistent hazard accompanying accidential fires. They account for most of the civilian casualties in fires. And they are a leading cause of disabling injury to firefighters.