Evaluating the effectiveness of different laundering approaches for decontaminating structural fire fighting protective clothing

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1237, Issue , 1996, Pages 447-468

  Stull, Jeffrey O ^a   Dodgen, Catherine R ^b,c   Connor, Margaret B ^b,c   McCarthy, Robert T ^d  

^a Intl Personnel Protection Inc   (United States)

^b Protective Clothing Division   (United States)

^c TRI ENVIRONMENTAL INC   (United States)

^d US Fire Administration/FEMA/DHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Decontamination; Laundering; Structural fire fighting; Thermal protective clothing; Turnout gear

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAUNDERING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

STRUCTURAL FIRE FIGHTING; THERMAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TURNOUT GEAR;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0029701174     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp14086s     Document Type: Review

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