Protective clothing standards for firefighters.

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• Personal Author:
  Utech HP
• Description:
  Protective clothing standards for firefighters are reviewed. The potential for exposure of firefighters to various gases is summarized. Statistics on the types and frequencies of injuries to firefighters are presented. Current standards for firefighters' protective equipment are summarized. Deficiencies in design or performance of available equipment and clothing are also described, and current research efforts towards the development of more comfortable and efficient clothing and equipment are summarized. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Fires Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-protection; Personal-protective-equipment; Safety-equipment; Safety-clothing; Protective-clothing; Fire-fighting-equipment; Fire-hazards; Fire-protection-equipment
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  207-248
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00117974
• Citation:
  Occupational safety research specifically related to personal protection - a symposium, January 1974, Cincinnati, Ohio. Rentos PG, Kamin JI, eds. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-143, 1975 May; :207-248
• Editor(s):
  Rentos PG; Kamin JI
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational safety research specifically related to personal protection - a symposium, January 1974, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241318/cdc_241318_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]