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<p>Multilayer material of firefighters’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) creates obstacles in toxins disposal while washing. This leads to long-term exposure and health risks to firefighters. The University of Leuven conducted experiments that showed the highest concentrations of toxins in the bodies of firefighters who wore the most contaminated clothes. In contrast a non considerable increase of toxins was observed in the group using LCO2 decontaminated clothes. Another study run in Finland in 2018 analyzed water cleaning of PPE and concluded that it was not efficient in providing safe and clean firefighters’ clothing. To check the efficiency of LCO2 cleaning, a set of laboratory tests on worn-out Polish fire gear was undertaken. The results presented in this paper confirmed that the clothes were clean enough to consider them safe for use.</p>
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Multilayer material of firefighters’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) creates obstacles in toxins disposal while washing. This leads to long-term exposure and health risks to firefighters. The University of Leuven conducted experiments that showed the highest concentrations of toxins in the bodies of firefighters who wore the most contaminated clothes. In contrast a non considerable increase of toxins was observed in the group using LCO2 decontaminated clothes. Another study run in Finland in 2018 analyzed water cleaning of PPE and concluded that it was not efficient in providing safe and clean firefighters’ clothing. To check the efficiency of LCO2 cleaning, a set of laboratory tests on worn-out Polish fire gear was undertaken. The results presented in this paper confirmed that the clothes were clean enough to consider them safe for use.

Firefighters’ Protective Clothing – Water Cleaning Method vs Liquid CO<sub>2</sub> Method in Aspect of Efficiency

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Firefighters’ Protective Clothing – Water Cleaning Method vs Liquid CO Method in Aspect of Efficiency

Multilayer material of firefighters’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) creates obstacles in toxins disposal while washing. This leads to long-term exposure...

Firefighters’ Protective Clothing – Water Cleaning Method vs Liquid CO₂ Method in Aspect of Efficiency

Published Online: Aug 09, 2022

Page range: 169 - 176

Received: Feb 03, 2022

Accepted: Mar 15, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0024

Keywords
Firefighters’ clothing cleaning, Firefighters’ clothing decontamination, Firefighters’ PPE, Firefighters’ protective clothing, Liquid CO2 firefighters’ clothing decontamination

© 2022 Ewelina SZMYTKE et al., published by Sciendo

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Firefighters’ Protective Clothing – Water Cleaning Method vs Liquid CO2 Method in Aspect of Efficiency

Published Online: Aug 09, 2022

Page range: 169 - 176

Received: Feb 03, 2022

Accepted: Mar 15, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0024

KeywordsFirefighters’ clothing cleaning, Firefighters’ clothing decontamination, Firefighters’ PPE, Firefighters’ protective clothing, Liquid CO2 firefighters’ clothing decontamination

© 2022 Ewelina SZMYTKE et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1a.

Figure 1b.

Figure 1c.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

Figure 4.

Firefighters’ Protective Clothing – Water Cleaning Method vs Liquid CO₂ Method in Aspect of Efficiency

Keywords
Firefighters’ clothing cleaning, Firefighters’ clothing decontamination, Firefighters’ PPE, Firefighters’ protective clothing, Liquid CO2 firefighters’ clothing decontamination