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September 20, 2020

Firefighter PPE: Designing for Contamination Control

Seeking a new design approach that focuses on preventing contamination in the first place, plus allowing for effective decon
 
With the advent of standards for firefighter PPE in the mid-1970s, the principle concern at the time was ensuring clothing flame/heat-resistance and durability.
 
When the first edition of NFPA 1971: Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting was released in 1981, there was no insulation test. Instead, thermal insulation was assessed by the overall thickness of the composite. Thermal protective performance (TPP) testing as we know it today was not introduced until the 1986 edition. Read More…

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