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The Effects of Silk Screened Emblems on Thermal Protective Performance of Wildland Fire Fighter Protective Clothing Systems under Two Moisture Conditions

2006; Emerald Publishing Limited; Volume: 10; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1108/rjta-10-04-2006-b006

2515-8090

Margaret Rucker, Elizabeth M. Crown, Carrie L. Haise,

Infrared Thermography in Medicine

The objective of this study is to determine the effects of silk screened emblems on thermal protective performance of wildland fire fighter protective clothing systems under two moisture conditions. Three outerwear conditions (current emblem, new emblem, blank) were combined with both underwear conditions (emblem, blank) to produce six clothing systems. The two moisture conditions were both layers conditioned (dry) and top layer conditioned/lower layer saturated with water (wet). Both radiant protective performance (RPP) testing and thermal mannequin testing were used to evaluate the clothing systems. The data showed a decline in thermal protective properties of the clothing systems under conditions of high heat flux and wet inner layer. While both jacket emblems performed better than the blank jacket, one emblem was more protective under radiant exposure conditions while the other was found to be superior in the thermal mannequin tests.