Horn Gavin P, Kerber Steve, Lattz Jeffery, Kesler Richard M, Smith Denise L, Mayer Alex, Fent Kenneth W
University of Illinois, Fire Service Institute; Urbana-Champaign, IL.
UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute; Columbia, MD.
Fire Technol. 2020 Apr 24;56(5):2331-2344. doi: 10.1007/s10694-020-00981-3.
Research on the performance of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Fire Service is challenged by the ability to repeatedly and feasibly test new designs, interventions and wear trials in realistic conditions that appropriately simulate end use environments. To support firefighter PPE research and firefighter PPE acclimation/training, a multidisciplinary team has developed a low cost, easily replicable approach for simulating conditions commonly encountered by firefighters operating on the interior of a residential structure fire. The testing enclosure can be used with either stationary mannequins or firefighters conducting typical fireground activities, providing a method to study a wide range of PPE and physiological studies as well as training activities that may support developing new technologies and standardized testing opportunities. Environmental gas concentrations and firefighters' local temperatures were measured during trials and compared to data collected from simulated fireground activities and fireground responses with good agreement.
对消防用个人防护装备（PPE）性能的研究面临挑战，即要在能恰当模拟最终使用环境的现实条件下，对新设计、干预措施和穿戴试验进行反复且可行的测试。为支持消防员个人防护装备研究以及消防员个人防护装备适应/培训，一个多学科团队开发了一种低成本、易于复制的方法，用于模拟在住宅建筑火灾内部作业的消防员通常会遇到的情况。该测试围场可与固定人体模型或进行典型火场活动的消防员一起使用，提供了一种研究广泛的个人防护装备和生理研究以及培训活动的方法，这些活动可能有助于开发新技术和标准化测试机会。在试验期间测量了环境气体浓度和消防员的局部温度，并将其与从模拟火场活动和火场响应中收集的数据进行比较，结果吻合良好。
