TY - GEN
T1 - Fire and rescue operations in extreme winds
AU - Jeong, Houigab
AU - Park, Minyoung
AU - Han, Dong Hun
AU - Kwon, Soon Duck
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Firefighters are frequently exposed to extreme weather conditions. However, most fire agencies lack any form of guideline to determine the continuation or suspension of the fire/rescue operations during high speed wind. The purpose of this research is to provide information about the effects of wind speeds and related factors on the operations of firefighters. Wind tunnel tests were conducted on several mock operations that were divided into firefighting, rescue, and first aid. Three measures were used to evaluate the risk of operation. The first recorded the level of danger that firefighters felt as soon as the experiment was over. The second measured the time taken to walk a given path. The third measured number of footsteps deviating from the prescribed path. The test results revealed that the wind speed which caused significant risk ranged from 15m/s to 22m/s. High-risk operations are classified as tasks involved in wearing turnout gears, carrying big light boxes, and walking on slippery surfaces. Medium risk activities involved hand-bound operations, carrying equipment and objects.
AB - Firefighters are frequently exposed to extreme weather conditions. However, most fire agencies lack any form of guideline to determine the continuation or suspension of the fire/rescue operations during high speed wind. The purpose of this research is to provide information about the effects of wind speeds and related factors on the operations of firefighters. Wind tunnel tests were conducted on several mock operations that were divided into firefighting, rescue, and first aid. Three measures were used to evaluate the risk of operation. The first recorded the level of danger that firefighters felt as soon as the experiment was over. The second measured the time taken to walk a given path. The third measured number of footsteps deviating from the prescribed path. The test results revealed that the wind speed which caused significant risk ranged from 15m/s to 22m/s. High-risk operations are classified as tasks involved in wearing turnout gears, carrying big light boxes, and walking on slippery surfaces. Medium risk activities involved hand-bound operations, carrying equipment and objects.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85074298088
U2 - 10.12783/shm2019/32446
DO - 10.12783/shm2019/32446
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:85074298088
T3 - Structural Health Monitoring 2019: Enabling Intelligent Life-Cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (IIOT) - Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring
SP - 2933
EP - 2940
BT - Structural Health Monitoring 2019
A2 - Chang, Fu-Kuo
A2 - Guemes, Alfredo
A2 - Kopsaftopoulos, Fotis
PB - DEStech Publications Inc.
T2 - 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring: Enabling Intelligent Life-Cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (IIOT), IWSHM 2019
Y2 - 10 September 2019 through 12 September 2019
ER -