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Manikin test for flame engulfment evaluation of protective clothing: Historical review and development of a new ISO standard
Author(s) -
Camenzind M. A.,
Dale D. J.,
Rossi R. M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.938
Subject(s) - clothing , european standard , test (biology) , combustor , aeronautics , test method , round robin test , engineering , international standard , forensic engineering , computer science , architectural engineering , simulation , automotive engineering , telecommunications , chemistry , combustion , mathematics , biology , paleontology , statistics , archaeology , organic chemistry , history
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.