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Integrated Test Method by the Evaluation of Don-doff and Mobility of Old and Newly-developed Firefighting Protective Gloves

구형과 신형 소방 보호장갑의 착탈 시험 및 동작 기민성 평가를 통한 통합형 착용 시험법

  • Bae, Gyu-Tae (Dept. of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Do-Hyung (Dept. of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University) ;
  • Syn, Hye-Young (Department of Human Ecology & Research Institute, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Lee, Joo-Young (Dept. of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University/Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
  • 배규태 (서울대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 김도형 (서울대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 신혜영 (이화여자대학교 인간생활환경연구소) ;
  • 이주영 (서울대학교 의류학과/서울대학교 생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2017.08.16
  • Accepted : 2017.10.11
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

This present study proposed a newly developed test method to evaluate the dexterity and mobility of a firefighter's protective gloves. The first step evaluated the mobility and dexterity of the current type of fire protective gloves and three new types of protective gloves using Don-doff test, ASTM dexterity, Minnesota dexterity, Bennett hand tool test, and ASTM torque test. Three firefighters ($47.3{\pm}5.0yr$ in age, $178.6{\pm}2.9cm$ in height) participated in a series of experiments. The second step was to design and suggest an integrated test method based on the results of the first experiment. As a result of the first experiment, we concluded that 1) the mobility and dexterity tests for firefighting gloves should include both wet and dry tests, 2) The three kinds of dexterity tests could be integrated into one test, and 3) The don-doff test and the torque test should be independent from the newly developed integrated test. In summary, we suggested a simplified test method that combined ASTM dexterity, Minnesota dexterity, and Bennett hand tool test. The integrated system can reduce total time spent on dexterity tests and improve the validity of the test in terms of firefighters' manual work.

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