Thermal performance of fire fighters' protective clothing
Contributors: Prasad, Kuldeep; National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States Fire Administration
Series: NISTIR -- 6881; NISTIR -- 6901
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Gaithersburg, MD
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Heat -- Transmission -- Mathematical models; Protective clothing -- Thermal properties; Protective clothing -- Fire testing -- United States; Fire fighters -- Protection -- Research
Description: "This study is the first in a series of reports on understanding the performance of fire fighter clothing, in protecting skin from thermal injury that results from exposure to high intensity thermal radiation"--Pt. 1
Notes: Authors vary

"Sponsored in part by: Federal Emergency Management Administration, U.S. Fire Administration."

"August 2002"--Pt. 1

"January 2003"--Pt. 2

Shipping list no.: 2002-0548-M (Pt. l)

Shipping list no.: 2003-0414-M (Pt. 2)

Includes bibliographical references

Pt. 1 also available via Internet from the NIST web site. Address as of 8/19/04: http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire02/PDF/f02077.pdf; current access is available via PURL

Microfiche. [Washington, D.C.] : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2002- <2> microfiches : negative
Table of contents: title: 1. Numerical study of transient heat and water vapor transfer / Kuldeep Prasad, William Twilley, J. Randall Lawson; title: 2. Protective clothing performance simulator; title: user's manual / Kuldeep Prasad, Hoang Minh Ho Dac, Scott Kukuck