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Thermal stress on firefighters in extreme heat exposure

Holmér, Ingvar LU ; Kuklane, Kalev LU and Gao, Chuansi LU (2006) 3rd European Conference on Protective Clothing and NOKOBETEF 8. Protective clothing - towards balanced protection
Abstract
Five students of a rescue training school cycled at 50 W for 20 minutes at 20 °C before walking up to 30 minutes in a climatic chamber at 55 °C and 30 % relative humidity. Four different types of clothing ensembles were used differing in terms of thickness and thermal insulation value were tested on separate days. All subjects completed 28-30 minutes in light clothing, but quitted after 20-27 minutes in three firefighter ensembles due to a rectal temperature of 39.0 °C or subjective fatigue. No difference in the evolution of mean skin or rectal temperature was seen for the three turnout ensembles.

Sweat production amounted to about 1000 g in the turnout gears of which less than 20 % evaporated. It was concluded that the small... (More)
Five students of a rescue training school cycled at 50 W for 20 minutes at 20 °C before walking up to 30 minutes in a climatic chamber at 55 °C and 30 % relative humidity. Four different types of clothing ensembles were used differing in terms of thickness and thermal insulation value were tested on separate days. All subjects completed 28-30 minutes in light clothing, but quitted after 20-27 minutes in three firefighter ensembles due to a rectal temperature of 39.0 °C or subjective fatigue. No difference in the evolution of mean skin or rectal temperature was seen for the three turnout ensembles.

Sweat production amounted to about 1000 g in the turnout gears of which less than 20 % evaporated. It was concluded that the small differences between the turnout gears in terms of design, thickness and insulation value had no effect on the resulting physiological strain for the given experimental conditions. (Less)
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firefighter, extreme heat, thermal stress, protective clothing, core temperature
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Protective clothing - towards balanced protection : : Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Protective Clothing (ECPC) and NOKOBETEF 8, Gdynia, 10-12 May 2006 - Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Protective Clothing (ECPC) and NOKOBETEF 8, Gdynia, 10-12 May 2006
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6 pages
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Central Institute for Labour Protection, Poland
conference name
3rd European Conference on Protective Clothing and NOKOBETEF 8. Protective clothing - towards balanced protection
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Gdynia, Poland
conference dates
2006-05-10 - 2006-05-12
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English
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  abstract     = {{Five students of a rescue training school cycled at 50 W for 20 minutes at 20 °C before walking up to 30 minutes in a climatic chamber at 55 °C and 30 % relative humidity. Four different types of clothing ensembles were used differing in terms of thickness and thermal insulation value were tested on separate days. All subjects completed 28-30 minutes in light clothing, but quitted after 20-27 minutes in three firefighter ensembles due to a rectal temperature of 39.0 °C or subjective fatigue. No difference in the evolution of mean skin or rectal temperature was seen for the three turnout ensembles.<br/><br>
Sweat production amounted to about 1000 g in the turnout gears of which less than 20 % evaporated. It was concluded that the small differences between the turnout gears in terms of design, thickness and insulation value had no effect on the resulting physiological strain for the given experimental conditions.}},
  author       = {{Holmér, Ingvar and Kuklane, Kalev and Gao, Chuansi}},
  booktitle    = {{Protective clothing - towards balanced protection : : Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Protective Clothing (ECPC) and NOKOBETEF 8, Gdynia, 10-12 May 2006}},
  keywords     = {{firefighter; extreme heat; thermal stress; protective clothing; core temperature}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Central Institute for Labour Protection, Poland}},
  title        = {{Thermal stress on firefighters in extreme heat exposure}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5626902/4091231.pdf}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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