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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2019.33.2.079

Evaluation on th e Wear Fit and Activity of Emergency Escape Breathing Devices for Ship Accidents  

Noh, Jae-Hyeon (Dept. of Fire Protection, Hoseo University)
Park, Yong-Hwan (Division of Safety and Fire Protection, Hoseo Universiry)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.33, no.2, 2019 , pp. 79-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
The use of emergency escape breathing devices (EEBD) is strongly required to protect against toxic gas or flooding caused by ship fires or accidents. Recently developed domestic EEBD products only satisfy the basic performance requirements, but no wear fit and activity performance evaluation has been done for real usage. In this study, the global level test requirements for wear comfort and activity of EEBDs were developed and the open and closed type of domestic EEBD products were evaluated. Poor visibility, longer wear time, breathing resistance, and hose obstruction in an open type and canister obstruction, weight unbalance, and an invisible black breathing bag in the closed type EEBD were estimated to be the main problems that need to be improved.
Keywords
EEBD; Ship accidents; Escape; Wear fit; Activity;
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