Fire testing criteria was developed for an existing fire fighter clothing evaluation facility designed by previous WPI projects. To accommodate full ensembles, a new manikin suspension system was constructed. Laboratory instrumentation was updated to facilitate refined data collection and allow for additional sensors provided by NCTRF. A series of calibration analyses were conducted on the instrumentation to compare with results from past experiments. Recommendations defining ensemble failure were compiled based on prototype testing of US Navy and Australian protective clothing.

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Creator

• Verrochi, Mark Thomas
• Ellison, Andrew D.
• Higgins, Beth Anne
• Groch, Timothy Michael

Contributors

• Dineen, Kerry
• Sullivan, Todd

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042606-154612

Advisor

• Barnett, Jonathan R.

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-04-26

Location

• Melbourne

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-10