Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression

Wildland firefighters work under adverse environments (e.g., heat and fire exposure), which contribute to increasing the heat strain. Despite this there is a paucity of knowledge about the thermal environment in real wildfire suppression scenarios. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to ch...

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Autores: Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén, Villa, José G., López Satué, Jorge, Rodriguez-Marroyo, Jose A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/19277
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19277
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Palabra clave:Educación Física
Thermal Exposure
Heat Flux
Thermal Dose
Heat Stress
Skin Burn
Attenuation Factor
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spelling Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire SuppressionCarballo Leyenda, Ana BelénVilla, José G.López Satué, JorgeRodriguez-Marroyo, Jose A.Educación FísicaThermal ExposureHeat FluxThermal DoseHeat StressSkin BurnAttenuation FactorWildland firefighters work under adverse environments (e.g., heat and fire exposure), which contribute to increasing the heat strain. Despite this there is a paucity of knowledge about the thermal environment in real wildfire suppression scenarios. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to characterize the environmental thermal exposure and the risk of heat burn injuries during real wildfire suppression (n = 23). To characterize the wildland firefighter’s (n = 5) local thermal exposure, measurements of air temperature and heat flux were performed. Heat flux measurements were made using four thin-planar heat flux sensors. Two were affixed on the outer surface of the garment on the left chest and thigh. Two other sensors were placed on the inner surface of the fabric in parallel to those placed externally. Four thermal classes were defined based on the heat flux across the inner sensors (≤1000, ≤5000, ≤7000, and >7000 W·m−2). The risk of pain and first-degree burns were calculated using the dose of thermal radiation method. The inner sensors mean and maximum heat flux and environment temperature were 286.7 ± 255.0 and 2370.4 ± 3004.5 W·m−2 and 32.6 ± 8.9 and 78.0 ± 8.9◦C, respectively. Approximately 81, 15, and 3.5% of the exposure time the heat flux was ≤1000, >1000–5000, and >5000 W·m−2, respectively. The highest average and maximum thermal dose values were ∼94 and ∼110 (kW·m−2)4/3·s. In conclusion, the thermal exposure obtained may be considered light. However, high thermal exposure values may be obtained in punctual moments, which can elicit first-degree burns.SIThis study was financially support from the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (Spain) grant (DEP2016-79762-P AEI/FEDER, UE) and has been funded by the Empresa de Transformación Agraria, S.A. (TRAGSA)David Andrew Low, Liverpool John Moores University, United KingdomEducacion Fisica y DeportivaFacultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10612/19277reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad Rey Juan CarlosIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/192772026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
title Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
spellingShingle Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Educación Física
Thermal Exposure
Heat Flux
Thermal Dose
Heat Stress
Skin Burn
Attenuation Factor
title_short Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
title_full Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
title_fullStr Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
title_sort Characterizing Wildland Firefighters’ Thermal Environment During Live-Fire Suppression
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Villa, José G.
López Satué, Jorge
Rodriguez-Marroyo, Jose A.
author Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
author_facet Carballo Leyenda, Ana Belén
Villa, José G.
López Satué, Jorge
Rodriguez-Marroyo, Jose A.
author_role author
author2 Villa, José G.
López Satué, Jorge
Rodriguez-Marroyo, Jose A.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Educacion Fisica y Deportiva
Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Educación Física
Thermal Exposure
Heat Flux
Thermal Dose
Heat Stress
Skin Burn
Attenuation Factor
topic Educación Física
Thermal Exposure
Heat Flux
Thermal Dose
Heat Stress
Skin Burn
Attenuation Factor
description Wildland firefighters work under adverse environments (e.g., heat and fire exposure), which contribute to increasing the heat strain. Despite this there is a paucity of knowledge about the thermal environment in real wildfire suppression scenarios. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to characterize the environmental thermal exposure and the risk of heat burn injuries during real wildfire suppression (n = 23). To characterize the wildland firefighter’s (n = 5) local thermal exposure, measurements of air temperature and heat flux were performed. Heat flux measurements were made using four thin-planar heat flux sensors. Two were affixed on the outer surface of the garment on the left chest and thigh. Two other sensors were placed on the inner surface of the fabric in parallel to those placed externally. Four thermal classes were defined based on the heat flux across the inner sensors (≤1000, ≤5000, ≤7000, and >7000 W·m−2). The risk of pain and first-degree burns were calculated using the dose of thermal radiation method. The inner sensors mean and maximum heat flux and environment temperature were 286.7 ± 255.0 and 2370.4 ± 3004.5 W·m−2 and 32.6 ± 8.9 and 78.0 ± 8.9◦C, respectively. Approximately 81, 15, and 3.5% of the exposure time the heat flux was ≤1000, >1000–5000, and >5000 W·m−2, respectively. The highest average and maximum thermal dose values were ∼94 and ∼110 (kW·m−2)4/3·s. In conclusion, the thermal exposure obtained may be considered light. However, high thermal exposure values may be obtained in punctual moments, which can elicit first-degree burns.
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv David Andrew Low, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
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