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A Survey of Korean Firefighters Regarding their Satisfaction with Protective Clothing

한국 소방용 방화복에 대한 만족도 조사

  • Han, Sul-Ah (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Seoul National University) ;
  • Nam, Yun-Ja (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, Young-Lim (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Seoul National University)
  • 한설아 (서울대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 남윤자 (서울대학교 의류학과, 서울대학교 생활과학연구소) ;
  • 최영림 (서울대학교 의류학과)
  • Published : 2008.11.29
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Abstract

For the structural firefighting protective clothing, it can show a synergy effect when it satisfies smart fabric to block off a harmful environmental element and ergonomics design that apply range of motion of human body and appropriate size system. There are various standards about the structural firefighting protective clothing, but it's difficult to find a rule about movement suitability because the performance of the material holds a lot of the rules. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to propose a scheme to evaluate the current structural firefighting protective clothing and to improve movement suitability by research on the actual condition. For this, the survey about wearer acceptability scale on design and size and about improvement requirements was executed gathering firefighters' opinion. Questionnaire was composed with 23 items about satisfaction on current structural firefighting protective clothing, body suitability, movement suitability, improvement requirement and subjective information. As a results, Korean firefighters demand ergonomics design of structural firefighting protective clothing which to minimize restriction of body movement and to maximize body suitability.

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