A Study of Fire-Fighting Coat of Field Firefighters - a Case Study of the Fire Bureau at Tainan

• Main Authors: Shiue-Chih Lu, 呂學治
• Other Authors: Shen-Shiu Giang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w6jc7s

碩士 === 嘉南藥理大學 === 職業安全衛生系 === 102 === This study investiged field firefighter understanding of fire-fighting coat following EN 469 and NFPA 1971 requirements. Evaluating the protective performance of fire-fighting coat and exploring the way to improve were conducted through the point of view of ergonomics and anthtopometrics. Fire-fighting coat and the other protective suits provide the first line of defence when fireman face hazard caused by disaster, also offer the last line of defence when accident occurred. Questionare including “Awareness”, “attribute importance” and “fittness” scales were used to find out the protective dead space and usage difficulty of fire-fighting coat. The findings provide firefighters serving at Ttainan fire bureau learn more and more secure while on duty. Three indexes “cover”, “flexibility” and “protection” were used to investigate the overall performance of fire-fighting coat. We can improve and provide the better fire-fighting coat to firefighters by education, training and equipment renew.