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Performance Evaluation Criteria for Safety Helmets of Forest Firefighting Crews

산불진화대원용 안전헬멧에 대한 성능평가 기준 연구

  • 홍승태 (한국소방산업기술원 기술연구소) ;
  • 정재한 (한국소방산업기술원 기술연구소) ;
  • 김성용 (국립산림과학원 산림방재연구과) ;
  • 권춘근 (국립산림과학원 산림방재연구과)
  • Received : 2019.09.16
  • Accepted : 2019.10.01
  • Published : 2019.10.31

Abstract

To secure the safety and improve the work efficiency of forest firefighting crews, performance evaluation criteria for safety helmets were developed in this study. Because the standards for forest firefighting safety helmets are not available in Korea, we began our study based on the standards for firefighting safety helmets used by the Korea Fire Institute (KFI). Eleven test items were selected excluding 15 other items out of the 26 test items that, through the consultation of stakeholders and the review of foreign standards, were initially included in our study. Two types of general safety helmets and one firefighting helmet were tested by applying KFI standards, and the results were compared. The general safety helmets did not meet the standards of the retention system and chin strap. Additionally, polyethylene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene materials were found to be especially weak under heat conditions. We compared the criteria of KFI, International Standardization Organization (ISO) 16073, National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) 1977, NFPA 1971, and British Standards European Norm (BS EN) 443, and finally selected 11 test items and their acceptance criteria suitable for the work environment of forest firefighting crews in Korea.

산불진화대원의 안전 확보와 작업능률 향상을 위해 안전헬멧에 대한 성능평가 기준을 개발하였다. 산불진화대원용 안전헬멧에 대한 기준이 현재 국내에 없기 때문에 한국소방산업기술원(KFI)에서 운용중인 소방대원용 헬멧에 대한 기준을 기초로 하여 연구를 시작하였다. 관계자 의견 수렴 및 외국 기준의 검토를 통하여 26개 시험항목 중 15개 시험항목을 제외하고 11개 시험항목을 선정하였다. 2 종류의 일반 안전헬멧과 하나의 소방대원용 헬멧을 시료로 하여 KFI 기준을 적용하여 시험하고 그 결과를 비교하였다. 시험 결과 일반 안전헬멧은 착장체와 턱끈의 기능이 기준에 미달하였고 특히 PE나 ABS 재질은 열에 취약함을 확인하였다. KFI 기준과 ISO 16073, NFPA 1977, NFPA 1971 및 BS EN 443의 판정기준을 비교하여 우리나라 산불진화대원들의 작업 환경에 적합한 11개의 시험항목과 판정기준을 최종 선정하였다.

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References

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