- Author
- Igoshi, I.
- Title
- Effect of Carbon Monoxide (CO) on Firefighters.
- Coporate
- Tokyo Fire Department, Japan
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources. Fire Research and Safety. 6th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Proceedings. May 10-14, 1982., Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Tsukuba, Japan, 212-217 p., 1983
- Keywords
- human behavior | carbon monoxide | fire fighters | smoke | combustion | toxic gases | fire fighting
- Identifiers
- firemen
- Abstract
- Smoke at the scene of fire is a serious obstacle for firemen who fight fires. Especially a large amount of smoke that is produced from incomplete combustion that occurs in modern air-tight structures with new construction materials constitutes a more serious obstacle to firefighting operations than flames.