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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.4.035

Effects of Repetitive Work and Workload for body While Wearing Firefighting Protective Clothing in hot conditions  

Bang, Changhoon (Dept. of Fire and Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungnam University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.4, 2018 , pp. 35-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of study intends to investigate effects of repetitive work and workload for body while wearing firefighting protective clothing in hot conditions and to provide the basic data for the safety of firefighter. The experimental temperature is WBGT $30^{\circ}C$ and the work intensity is 3, 9 METs. The experiment is processed 15 minutes (Ex1), 15 minutes rest (Rest), 15 minutes (Ex2) in order of time. A comparative experiment was carried out for firefighting school students(9 persons; $24.3{\pm}0.71$ years old) wearing firefighting protective clothing. When workload is increased from 3 METs to 9 METs, mean skin temperature change (33.3%), tympanic temperature change (242.9%), heart rate (36.2%), respiration rate (53.9%), RPE (81.6%), thermal Sensation (20.8%), weight loss (60.0%), glucose (-4.4%), lactate (41.7%) are statistically significantly higher. As a result, it is considered that repetitive work and workload have a strong effect on the body when wearing firefighting protective clothing in hot conditions.
Keywords
Firefighting protective clothing; Workload;
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