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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2013.27.4.56

Physiological Changes According to Workload Wearing Aluminized Firefighter's Protective Clothing  

Bang, Chang-Hoon (Dept. of Fire & Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungnam Univ.)
Lee, Jun-Kyoung (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungnam Univ.)
Kwan, Jung-Suk (Dept. of Fashion and Clothing, Kyungnam Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.27, no.4, 2013 , pp. 56-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of study intends to investigate physiological changes according to workload wearing aluminized firefighter's protective clothing and to provide the base data for the safety of firefighter. The results of the study are as follows. To increase work intensity 4 to 8 METs after experiment (20 min), mean skin temperature change (33.3 %), tympanic temperature change (57.1 %) heart rate (32.5 %), RPE (75.6 %) is statistically significantly higher and thermal Sensation, weight loss are not statistically significant. It was concluded that physiological changes of human body varied considerably by increase of workload wearing aluminized firefighter's protective clothing.
Keywords
Aluminized firefighter's protective clothing;
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