- Author
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Krasny, J. F.
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Singleton, R. W.
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Pettengill, J.
- Title
- Performance Evaluation of Fabrics Used in Fire Fighters' Turnout Coats.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Connecticut Univ., Storrs
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 18,
No. 4,
309-318,
November 1982
- Keywords
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fabrics
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fire fighters
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protection clothing
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turnout coats
- Identifiers
- protective equipment; structural fire fighting
- Abstract
- Several fabrics commonly used in the outer shells of structural fire fighters' turnout coats were subjected to a variety of laboratory tests. These included breaking and tearing strength tests as well as several kinds of abrasion tests.