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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2019.33.5.066

Performance Evaluation Criteria for Safety Helmets of Forest Firefighting Crews  

Hong, Seung-Tae (R&D Lab. Korea Fire Institute)
Jeong, Jae-Han (R&D Lab. Korea Fire Institute)
Kim, Sung Yong (Dept. of Forest Conservation, National Institute of Forest Science)
Kwon, ChunGeun (Dept. of Forest Conservation, National Institute of Forest Science)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.33, no.5, 2019 , pp. 66-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
To secure the safety and improve the work efficiency of forest firefighting crews, performance evaluation criteria for safety helmets were developed in this study. Because the standards for forest firefighting safety helmets are not available in Korea, we began our study based on the standards for firefighting safety helmets used by the Korea Fire Institute (KFI). Eleven test items were selected excluding 15 other items out of the 26 test items that, through the consultation of stakeholders and the review of foreign standards, were initially included in our study. Two types of general safety helmets and one firefighting helmet were tested by applying KFI standards, and the results were compared. The general safety helmets did not meet the standards of the retention system and chin strap. Additionally, polyethylene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene materials were found to be especially weak under heat conditions. We compared the criteria of KFI, International Standardization Organization (ISO) 16073, National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) 1977, NFPA 1971, and British Standards European Norm (BS EN) 443, and finally selected 11 test items and their acceptance criteria suitable for the work environment of forest firefighting crews in Korea.
Keywords
Safety helmet; Performance evaluation criteria; Forest firefighting crews;
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