Testing Selected Personal Protection Items of Firefighters in Combined Conditions of Mechanical Loads and Temperatures Occurring during Gas LNG Leaks

Paweł Ogrodnik; Aleksandra Powęzka; Robert Piec; Tomasz Zwęgliński; Marcin Smolarkiewicz; Paweł Gromek; Rafał Wróbel; Tomasz Węsierski; Małgorzata Majder-Łopatka; Wiktor Wąsik

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LAPSE:2023.17725

Published Article

LAPSE:2023.17725

Testing Selected Personal Protection Items of Firefighters in Combined Conditions of Mechanical Loads and Temperatures Occurring during Gas LNG Leaks

Paweł Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Powęzka, Robert Piec, Tomasz Zwęgliński, Marcin Smolarkiewicz, Paweł Gromek, Rafał Wróbel, Tomasz Węsierski, Małgorzata Majder-Łopatka, Wiktor Wąsik

March 6, 2023

The article examined selected individual protection used during rescue and fire-extinguishing activities. Fire helmet and special shoes were examined under conditions resembling the operational conditions of LNG gases. The assessment of the equipment consumption was based on strength tests. The main threats come from thermal and mechanical factors. Therefore, firefighters must properly protect their head and legs. At −80 °C, the energy of the impact force of the beater in the headache was, 12.4 J and 15.1 J for points P1 and P2, respectively. The studies showed that cooling the chamber to −80 °C adversely affected the structure of the fire helmet exposed to impact Dynamic. Research work was carried out as part of the Research and Development project No. DOB-BIO9/15/02/2018.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.17725

Keywords

fire hazards, firefighting personal protection, Liquified Natural Gas, mechanical loads, thermal loads

Subject

Process Operations

Suggested Citation

Ogrodnik P, Powęzka A, Piec R, Zwęgliński T, Smolarkiewicz M, Gromek P, Wróbel R, Węsierski T, Majder-Łopatka M, Wąsik W. Testing Selected Personal Protection Items of Firefighters in Combined Conditions of Mechanical Loads and Temperatures Occurring during Gas LNG Leaks. (2023). LAPSE:2023.17725

Author Affiliations

Ogrodnik P: Institute of Safety Engineering, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Powęzka A: Faculty of Safety Engineering and Civil Protection, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Piec R: Institute of Internal Security, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Zwęgliński T: Institute of Internal Security, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Smolarkiewicz M: Institute of Internal Security, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Gromek P: Institute of Internal Security, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Wróbel R: Faculty of Safety Engineering and Civil Protection, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Węsierski T: Institute of Safety Engineering, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland
Majder-Łopatka M: Institute of Safety Engineering, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
Wąsik W: Faculty of Safety Engineering and Civil Protection, The Main School of Fire Service, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

14

Issue

22

First Page

7698

Year

2021

Publication Date

2021-11-17