- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (46 pages) : illustrations (color).
- Summary
- During structural fire fighting operations, fire fighters wear protective gear to insulate them from high temperature environments, including hot combustion gases, burning surfaces, and thermal radiation. Current turnout gear insulates the fire fighter to such an extent, encapsulating his/her entire body, that it is difficult for each individual fire fighter to understand how hazardous or hot the thermal environment is. Therefore, the natural heat-sensing mechanism of the body is incapable of sensing the ambient temperature, possibly putting firefighters at risk. A thermal sensing device that attaches to the visor of the head gear is designed to restore situational awareness of the firefighter by showing varying heat intensity through different colored warning indicators in the firefighter s line of sight. Human factors evaluation of the performance of the warnings in the thermal sensing device was conducted in laboratory-scale (i.e., climatic chamber experiments) and in full-scale (i.e. fire experiments in ISO room) environments. This report describes the laboratory-scale experiments and a second report describes the fullscale fire experiments. A static oven, representing the conductive type of heat; a fire equipment evaluator, with high speed convective flow loop, and a radiant panel, with intense heat flux were used to conduct laboratory-scale experiments.
- Series Statement
- NIST technical note ; 1803
- Uniform Title
- NIST technical note ; 1803.
- Subject
- Note
- Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.
- July 2016.
- Title from PDF title page (viewed July 28, 2016).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- GPO Internet C 13.46:1803
- LCCN
- GOVPUB-C13-1cbe443b67d4cd00b84fe731c259f62e
- OCLC
- marcive958885558
- Author
Deshmukh, Atul.
- Title
Thermal exposure sensor for fire fighters : laboratory-scale performance experiments / Atul Deshmukh; John G. Casali; Jeff A. Lancaster; Nelson P. Bryner; Roy A. McLane.
- Publisher
Gaithersburg, MD : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2016.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
NIST technical note ; 1803
NIST technical note ; 1803.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bryner, Nelson P.
Casali, John G.
Deshmukh, Atul.
Lancaster, Jeff A.
McLane, Roy A.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Engineering Laboratory.
- Other Standard Identifier
GOVPUB-C13-1cbe443b67d4cd00b84fe731c259f62e
- Gpo Item No.
0249-A (online)
- Sudoc No.
C 13.46:1803