- Author
- Stull, J. O.
- Title
- Effect of Moisture on Firefighter Protective Clothing Thermal Insulation: A Review of Industry Research.
- Coporate
- International Personnel Protection Inc., Austin, TX
- Report
- ASTM STP 1386,
- Book or Conf
- Performance of Protective Clothing: Issues and Priorities for the 21st Century. Proceedings. Seventh (7th) Volume. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). ASTM STP 1386. June 28-30, 1999, ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA, Seattle, WA, Nelson, C. N.; Henry, N. W., Editors, 557-576 p., 2000
- Keywords
- protective clothing | protective equipment | fire fighters | thermal insulation | moisture effects | heat transfer | heat resistance | thermal protection | skin (human) | moisture | NFPA 1971 | composite materials | thermal radiation
- Identifiers
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); tolerance time; moisture effects; hermal protective performance; range of thermal conditions faced by fire fighters; test results for 1980 W. L. Gore study on thermal protective performance; test results for 1992 Hoechst-Celanese study on thermal protective performance; Stull conductive heat resistance study on moisture effects; selected results for stored energy testing using dry and wet conditions; stored heat energy results for standard and reinforced composites; comparison of inner liner temperatures with different trim reinforcements
- Abstract
- Despite advances in the new material technology and clothing designs for protecting firefighters, firefighters may still be burned under routine or ordinary fire fighting conditions. Some theories indicate that moisture in the clothing, resulting both internally from firefighters sweating and externally by hose spray or runoff, may be one cause of these injuries.