Relationship between novel design modifications and heat stress relief in structural firefighters’ protective clothing

McQuerry, Meredith; Barker, Roger L.; DenHartog, Emiel

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2018.03.004

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“…Lighter weight fibers, novel fabric materials, and multi‐layer composites may also lead to reduced ensemble weight and metabolic burden, resulting in a slower onset of heat strain (McQuerry et al., 2020 ). Improving movement efficiency through the adoption of novel stretch materials (i.e., flame‐resistant knits and one‐ or two‐way stretch membranes) may also reduce the wearer's thermal burden (McLellan & Havenith, 2016 ; McQuerry et al., 2018a , 2018b ).…”

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“…In humans, heat and vapor transfer are hindered by the clothing layers, the air enclosed within those layers, and the still air bound to the outermost layer (Havenith, 1999 ). Design modifications for enhancing heat loss through these layers include ventilation (both passive and active) (Bouskill, 1999 ; Lumley et al., 1991 ; McQuerry et al., 2018a , 2018b ; Reischl & Stransky, 1980 ), active cooling devices (Bach et al., 2019 ; Chicas et al., 2020 ; Tokizawa et al., 2020 ) and systems modularity which involves deploying certain layers of the ensemble for specific activities (McQuerry et al., 2020 ). For example, for firefighting protecting clothing, a single‐layer garment may be worn for search and rescue activities in lieu of the multi‐layer system (Jin et al., 2018 ).…”

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Heat Safety in the Workplace: Modified Delphi Consensus to Establish Strategies and Resources to Protect the US Workers

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This document presents feasible, evidenced-based occupational heat safety recommendations to protect workers from the dangers of heat  A roundtable of 51 experts created 40 heat safety recommendations within eight heat safety topics heat hygiene, hydration, heat acclimatization, environmental monitoring, physiological monitoring, body cooling, textiles and personal protective gear, and emergency action plan implementation  Implementing feasible and effective heat safety plans in the workplace will protect worker health and mitigate productivity losses.

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“…The keyword of mannequin with a burst value of 6.91 was a significant test technique for protective clothing, 64 including the thermal manikin, 65 sweating manikin 66 and flame manikin. 67 Heat stress was also a popular topic for the protective clothing domain, 68,69 which ranked top 10 in frequency as well as in centrality lists. The actual wear trial was an effective approach for heat stress investigation.…”

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Knowledge mapping of protective clothing research—a bibliometric analysis based on visualization methodology

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2018

Textile Research Journal

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In order to further understanding of the research status and fronts, a novel method was adopted in the textile and apparel field to perform knowledge mapping of protective clothing research over the last 20 years. The database of 1735 articles was built based on records retrieved from the Web of Science. Visualization software, CiteSpace, combined with Google Earth was applied to determine intellectual basis and research fronts for the protective clothing domain. Research area analysis indicated that the top ranked field was the “Materials Science” with a number of articles of 427. Publication distribution revealed that the Textile Research Journal was the most popular cited and citing journal of the protective clothing articles. The USA and China were the two primary countries contributing to the protective clothing research evidenced by the frequency, bursts and centrality. Donghua University, North Carolina State University and the University of Alberta, with a high publication frequency and centrality, were identified to be the main research drivers. The intensity of red nodes in the geographical visualization map proved the core status of Europe and America in the global cooperation network. According to the co-occurrence analysis, the three keywords of exposure, performance and heat stress were detected to be the most popular research topics over the last 20 years, corresponding to the study of exposure environment, performance evaluation and thermal physiology. The keywords in recent years suggested the research trend of enhancing the mechanism and fundamental investigation of the heat transfer process and fabrics.

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“…Therefore, firefighting safety demands the wearing of clothing with thermophysical properties appropriated to each firefighting feature, which include the assessment of the required activity level and of the thermal environment. These matters are described in the literature and are known by the firefighters which are aware of the individual protective clothing that should be used in each kind of fire (Sharkey 1999;McLellan & Selkirk 2005;Bröde et al 2010;Carballo-Leyenda et al 2017;McQuerry et al 2018).…”

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“…Experimental studies concerning the thermophysiological response of firefighters carrying out typical firefighting activities (both structural and wildland), wearing the recommended protective clothing and exposed to environments that are representative of these fires have already been published (Carballo-Leyenda et al 2017;Fontana et al 2017;McQuerry et al 2018; among others). However, due to safety reasons of the individuals involved, these trials always terminate before firefighters reach levels of hyperthermic stress with the potential to cause heat-related illnesses.…”

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Fire intensity, individual protective clothing and firefighting safety

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Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018

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Relationship between novel design modifications and heat stress relief in structural firefighters’ protective clothing

Cited by 36 publications

References 16 publications

Heat Safety in the Workplace: Modified Delphi Consensus to Establish Strategies and Resources to Protect the US Workers

Heat Safety in the Workplace: Modified Delphi Consensus to Establish Strategies and Resources to Protect the US Workers

Knowledge mapping of protective clothing research—a bibliometric analysis based on visualization methodology

Fire intensity, individual protective clothing and firefighting safety

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