Manikin test for flame engulfment evaluation of protective clothing: Historical review and development of a new ISO standard

The overall performance of a firefighter turnout suit can only be evaluated using both bench‐scale tests and an assessment based on an instrumented manikin under defined, close to real‐life conditions in a laboratory. Using manikins in rating protective clothing has already a long history which will...

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Published in:Fire and materials Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 285 - 295
Main Authors: Camenzind, M. A., Dale, D. J., Rossi, R. M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.08.2007
Wiley
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Building technical equipments
Buildings
Buildings. Public works
burn prediction
Exact sciences and technology
Fire behavior of materials and structures
Fire protection
firefighter
flame engulfment
instrumented manikin
manikin test
flame engulfment
Instruments
Firefighting
Experimental study
Forecast model
Fire protection
Case history
manikin test
instrumented manikin
burn prediction
Safety clothing
Firefighter
ISO standard
Thermal test
Dummy
Comparative study
Flame
Fire safety
ISSN:0308-0501, 1099-1018
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Summary:The overall performance of a firefighter turnout suit can only be evaluated using both bench‐scale tests and an assessment based on an instrumented manikin under defined, close to real‐life conditions in a laboratory. Using manikins in rating protective clothing has already a long history which will be reflected in this paper. Efforts all over the world to reproduce a flame engulfment situation in a laboratory are currently being combined in a new draft international standard (ISO/DIS 13506.3). A round robin test showed an acceptable reproducibility for this method based on a manikin test and a gas burner system. An overview of existing measurement systems and the results of this round robin are discussed and possible improvements for the standard flame engulfment test method are proposed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ISSN:0308-0501
1099-1018
DOI:10.1002/fam.938