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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2012.26.5.008

Physical Response of Human Body Wearing Self Contained Breathing Apparatus  

Bang, Chang-Hoon (Dept. of Fire and Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungnam University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.26, no.5, 2012 , pp. 8-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of study intends to investigate physical response of human body wearing Self Contained Breathing Apparatus and to provide the base data for the safety of firefighter. The results of the study are as follows. when wearing SCBA, the mean skin temperature (7 %), heart rate (28 %), rate of perceived exertion (65.4 %), metabolic equivalents (70.7 %) were significantly higher (p<.05), respiratory rate was not statistically significant. It is concluded that wearing SCBA causes significant stress to the physical systems.
Keywords
Firefighter; SCBA;
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