- Author
- Hamilton Standard
- Title
- Fireman protective Study. Technical Proposal.
- Coporate
- Hamilton Standard
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- HSPC 70T23, [date unknown], 44 p.
- Keywords
- protective equipment | fire fighters | evaluation | human factors engineering | life support systems
- Abstract
- This volume presents Hamilton Standard's technical proposal for a Fireman protective Equipment (FPE) Study. It is submitted in response to this country's obvious need to study, design and develop personal protective equipment to permit our firemen to effectively and safely fight fires. Present firemen protective equipment is too heavy, too bulky, of too short a duration for extended operations, and generally not designed for the human factors aspects of fire fighting. Hamilton Standard, based on nine (9) years of providing personal protective equipment on programs such as Apollo, Gemini and MOL, has developed a unique combination of qualifications that brings together: a. Intimate knowledge of portable life support technolgy; b. Extensive experience in the development of personal protective equipment; c. Total understanding of the operational interface between man and his equipment; d. Leadership in the conception and advanced development of personal protective equipment through continuing internal and contract research and development programs. Hamilton Standard has generated a comprehensive study methodology which is designed to meet the objectives stated herein. The study has beenplanned in depth to provide objectivity in the equipment selections. All variables which may affect equipment selection have been identified and given priorities to ensure proper consideration. The study effort consists of five major tasks. The initial task involves the establishment of a comprehensive study plan including definition of the study evaluation criteria. Following this, determination of the problem statement will be achieved through identification of environmental conditions and their resultant hazard followed by preliminary definition of equipment specification requirements. A concept identification and evaluation study will then be conducted and the recommended fireman protection equipment baseline concept(s) generated. Once the baseline(s) has been generated, preliminary design layout definition will follow. The last task is generation and publication of the final report.