- Author
- Raimundo, A. M. | Figueiredo, A. R.
- Title
- Personal Protective Clothing and Safety of Firefighters Near a High Intensity Fire Front.
- Coporate
- Polo II da Universidade de Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal ADAI, 3031-601 Coimbra, Portugal
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 156, No. 5, 514-521, May 2009
- Keywords
- protective clothing | fire fighters | fire safety | fire fighting | wildland fires | physiological effects | heat transfer | mass transfer | risks | fire suppression | computer programs | thermophysical effects | exposure time | mathematical models | equations | time | human behavior | human response | human performance
- Identifiers
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); human thermoregulation; fire front line; personal protective clothing; useful guide lines for secure fighting of high intensity fires; firefighter clothing ensembles global average values; probable time (after fire impact) for the beginning of specific reactions within the man as function of clothing insulation