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Firefighters' Clothing and Equipment: Performance, Protection, and Comfort
Contributor(s): Song, Guowen (Editor), Wang, Faming (Editor)
ISBN: 1498742734     ISBN-13: 9781498742733
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $266.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2018
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Materials Science - General
- Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety
- Technology & Engineering | Fire Science
Dewey: 628.92
LCCN: 2018020266
Physical Information: 372 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Protective clothing and equipment used for firefighters protect them against their harsh working environment loaded with strong thermal hazards, elevated environmental temperatures, low oxygen concentration and smoke. This book describes an in-depth review of firefighting clothing and equipment, and explicitly addresses the performance of protection and comfort in textile engineering, clothing design, and evaluation. Covered topics include protection and comfort requirements for firefighting clothing and equipment, testing methods, standards and performance evaluation, smart firefighting clothing for first responders and numerical modeling of performance of firefighting clothing.

Key Features

  • Presents complete overview about the requirements of firefighters' protective clothing/thermal protective materials

  • Addresses performance of protection and comfort

  • Includes human thermoregulation system and responses to firefighting working environment

  • Discusses SMART firefighting clothing and equipment

  • Suggests how to improve the wear comfort?