Thermal Protection Evaluation of Fire Fighter Ensembles Using a Flame Manikin Test System

Xiao Hui Li; Min Wang; Jun Li

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.821-822.233

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Thermal Protection Evaluation of Fire Fighter Ensembles Using a Flame Manikin Test System

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Objective and quantitative evaluation of garment thermal protective performance should be based on the simulation of human in actual thermal environments as realistic as possible. In this paper, by using a new type of flame manikin which can rotate and make different postures, the dynamic scene where a firefighter wearing fire protective ensembles rescue in the flash fire was simulated. The skin burn prediction result showed that the total burn percent suffered by the manikin was 7.76%, of which the 2^nd degree burn and the 3^rd degree burn was 5.12% and 2.64% respectively. This indicated that the firefighter ensembles exhibited relatively good thermal protective performance. It can provide enough protection for the firefighter in 8s dynamic exposure while more protection should be added to the head.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 821-822)

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233-236

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September 2013

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Xiao Hui Li, Min Wang, Jun Li

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Fire Fighter Ensembles, Flame Manikin, Thermal Protective Performance

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