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- Title
THE INFLUENCE OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ON HUMAN MOVEMENTS AND OVERLOADING.
- Authors
VUJICA HERZOG, N.; BUCHMEISTER, B.
- Abstract
Paper presents the results of testing firefighter protective equipment. During interventions, firefighters are exposed to strain and stress and above all they are exposed to high temperatures and working in extreme thermal conditions. Since clothes protect firefighter and actually presents the barrier for heat exchange, it is very important to know their characteristics (e.g. thermal insulation) when creating and designing suitable clothes that will offer also normal movement and comfort during work. For testing different protective clothes, thermal manikins are usually used. Thermal manikins represent the anatomical shape of human body and in this way represent a measuring tool. During our research, data on nineteen segments of thermal manikin was observed and thermal insulation was calculated. Thermal insulation usually plays an important role when researching or developing optimal protective clothes used in hot environmental conditions. For studying suitability of firefighters movements' two ergonomics methods were used: OWAS and RULA.
- Subjects
PROTECTIVE equipment (Sporting goods); HUMAN mechanics; MECHANICAL loads
- Publication
DAAAM International Scientific Book, 2016, p267
- ISSN
1726-9687
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2507/daaam.scibook.2016.24