Objective
- To provide the standards organizations with a sound physiological basis for setting THL values in current and future PPE performance standards with a focus on CBRN standards
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- NFPA Protective Clothing Standards –1994 (CBRN), 1951 (CBRN), 1971 (CBRN), 1999 (BRN), 1977, and 1992
- ASTM Standards - F 1868 Standard Test Method for Thermal and Evaporative Resistance of Clothing Materials Using a Sweating Hot Plate and Proposed Standard Practice for Determining the Physiological Responses of the Wearer to Protective Clothing Ensembles
- F2668-07 Standard Practice for Determining the Physiological Responses of Wearer to Protective Clothing Ensembles
- Emergency Responders
- Manufacturers
- Test Laboratories
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Project Scope
- 3-year project consisting of a series of experiments to be performed on human subjects wearing different type of emergency response protective ensembles (data on skin/core temp, CO2/O2, microclimate temp, etc.).
- Collected data will enable the development and validation of physiological performance models to correlate the effect of ensemble THL characteristics on emergency responder performance.
Milestones
- Q1 Begin draft of the THL proposal
- Q2 Submit draft of THL proposal to co-investigators for comments and approval
- Q3 Submit approved draft of THL proposal to ADS for scientific peer-review
- Q4 Submit THL proposal to HSRB for approval / Receive approval of HSRB
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Outputs
- Submission of manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals.
- Presentation of the physiological performance models and recommendations on establishment of THL criteria with a physiological basis for use to the NFPA Technical Committees(1994, 1971, 1977, 1951, 1992) and to the ASTM F23.
- Conference presentations
Outcomes
- Revisions or updates to all applicable NFPA Standards and ASTM Test Methods.
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