Assessment of Firefighters-needs for personal protective equipment

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• 作者：Huiju Park ; Juyeon Park ; Shu-Hwa Lin ; Lynn M Boorady
• 关键词：Firefighters ; Protection ; Equipment ; Wearability ; Comfort ; Mobility ; Size ; Fit
• 刊名：Fashion and Textiles
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：1
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2980KB
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• 作者单位：Huiju Park (1)
  Juyeon Park (2)
  Shu-Hwa Lin (3)
  Lynn M Boorady (4)
  
  1. Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, Cornell University, 131 Human Ecology Building, 37 Forest Home Dr., Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
  2. Department of Design and Merchandising, Colorado State University, 314A Gifford Building, 1574 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
  3. Department of Family & Consumer Sciences, Fashion Design & Merchandising, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2515 Campus Rd., Miller 201, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
  4. Fashion and Textile Technology Department, State University of New York-Buffalo State, TECH 303, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14222, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Textile Engineering; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Business/Management Science, gene
• 刊物主题：Textile Engineering; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Business/Management Science, general; Humanities, general; Life Sciences, general; Environment, general;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2198-0802

文摘

This study performed focus group interviews with 54 firefighters in four states in the United States to assess the needs for design of firefighters-personal protective equipment. Firefighters-responses indicate three major issues to be considered for improved mobility, comfort and safety: 1) consideration of human factors, 2) sizing and fit, and 3) integrity of protection in the interface between protective equipment and turnout ensemble. Ergonomic design issues were identified through firefighters-responses about their limited mobility of the head and arms while wearing helmet and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), restricted access to coat pockets, back pain and soreness while wearing SCBA. Sizing and fit issues such as the excessive length and bulkiness of glove fingers were identified as a major concern regarding fire gloves resulting in limited mobility and dexterity, negatively effecting firefighters-work efficiency and safety. The integrity of protection in the interface between turnout ensemble, gloves and boots was reported as an important consideration for firefighter comfort, mobility and protection against heat hazards. Possible design solutions were also discussed. Keywords Firefighters Protection Equipment Wearability Comfort Mobility Size Fit