Project Scope
- Conduct investigations of protective clothing and SCBAs involved in line-of-duty deaths and injuries to fire fighters in conjunction with the Fire Fighter Fatality and Injury Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
- Utilize findings to support revisions to standards, develop future NPPTL research, and educate the fire service
Milestones
- Q1 – Complete Morgantown lab renovations
- Q2 – Complete evaluation procedure for clothing
- Q3 – Complete SCBA lab set-up, correlation study and reports for current evaluations
- Q4 – Transfer SCBA testing from TEB to PCE team
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Outputs
- Reports on Clothing evaluations
- Reports on SCBA evaluations
- Findings on issues related to clothing/SCBA performance and use
Outcomes
- Use of reports by FFFIPP to expand current reports
- Use of findings and information by standards development organizations in the revision of standards
- Use of findings and information by the fire service to improve the care, maintenance, and understanding of the protective clothing and SCBAs worn during fire fighting
- New research projects
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