The firefighter's personal protective apparel is the most significant aspect of the firefighter's profession since it protects practically the entire body of the firefighter. Protective clothing must not only provide protection during firefighting, but also against other environmental effects....
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The occurrence of exercise and training injuries from 22 of the 23 studies ranged from 8.1 to 55.3% of reported injuries. One study found that 3 out of 15 fire departments identified exercise and training as the most common cause of their firefighter injuries. The 13 articles that reported ...
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The extinguishing activities using the FWB method were conducted by four trained firefighters, and the FWM was operated by a trained firefighter. Also, a sequence of bench-scale tests was conducted to investigate the impact of initial fuel temperature on the mass burning rate of transformer oil ...
three types of firefighter cooling vests was assessed using a thermal manikin system in an environmental chamber under the following conditions: temperatures of 35 ℃, 40 ℃, and 45 ℃ and directed thermal radiation of 1.5 and 2.5 kW/m2, with low, moderate, and high levels of physical ...
"Effect of Fatigue and Hypohydration on Gait Characteristics during Treadmill Exercise in the Heat while Wearing Firefighter Thermal Protective Clothing." Gait and Posture 31 (2): 284- 288.P.W. Kong, G. Beauchamp, J. Suyama, D. Hostler, Effect of fatigue and hypohy- dration on gait ...
average-to-above average in leg press; and had good-to-superior V̇O2max. Although most firefighters had better fitness compared to the general population, many had increased CVD risk. The data highlighted the need for comprehensive approaches to improving firefighter health and decreasing CVD ri...
Objective: This study established an index system for assessing forest fire spread hazards and conducted a forest fire spread hazard assessment in the mountainous district of Beijing (including Fangshan, Mentougou, Changping, Yanqing, Huairou, Miyun, and Pinggu). The relationship between forested la...