Firefighter Thermal Exposure Workshop: Protective Clothing, Tactics, and FireService PPE Training Procedures. Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on June 25-26, 1996

摘要

The primary considerations for inviting members from the fire service, industryand the speakers were: Fire Service Considerations (Different geographical locations: different climatic needs; size of departments: small, medium, large; professional and volunteer firefighters; female firefighters; and interest in firefighter safey and knowledge of fire service training, tactics, and use of fire service protective clothing and equipment); Manufacturer Considerations (Industry representatives from producers of safety products for each type of structural fire fighters clothing and equipment; and manufacturers of component materials used in the fabrication of protective clothing); and Speaker Considerations: (Detailed knowledge of their specific areas of interest; representation: fire service (including professional and volunteer firefighters), fire fighters' union, protective clothing and equipment manufacturing industry, standards writing organizations, Federal Government, research community).