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Selected Technical Papers STP 1544 INTERNATIONAL Standards Worldwide lustssillsav Equipslant:Selected Technical Papers STP1544 Performance of Protective Clothing and Equipment:Emerging Issues and Technologies 4 INTERNATIONAL Standards Worldwide Editor:Angie M.Shepherd ASTM International 100 Barr Harbor Drive PO Box C700 West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 Printed in the U.S.A.ASTM Stock#:STP1544 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN:978-0-8031-7530-3 This publication has been registered with the Library of Congress.Library of Congress control number 2012036736 Copyright 2012 ASTM INTERNATIONAL,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients,is granted by ASTM International provided that the appropriate fee is paid to ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,P.O.Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,Tel:610-832-9634;online:http:/www.astm.org/copyright.The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions expressed in this publication.ASTM International does not endorse any products represented in this publication.Peer Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by two peer reviewers and at least one editor.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM International Committee on Publications.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of the peer reviewers.In keeping with long-standing publication practices,ASTM International maintains the anonymity of the peer reviewers.The ASTM International Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution of time and effort on behalf of ASTM International.Citation of Papers When citing papers from this publication,the appropriate citation includes the paper authors,paper title,J.ASTM Intl.,volume and number,Paper doi,ASTM International,West Conshohocken,PA,Paper,year listed in the footnote of the paper.A citation is provided as a footnote on page one of each paper.Printed in Bay Shore,NY October,2012 Foreword THIS COMPILATION OF Selected Technical Papers,STP1544,on Performance of Protective Clothing and Equipment:Emerging Issues and Technologies,9th Volume,contains 22 papers presented at the symposium with the same name held in Anaheim,CA,June 16-17,2011.The symposium was sponsored by the ASTM International Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment.The Symposium Chairman and STP Editor is Angie M.Shepherd,NIOSH/NPPTL,Pittsburgh,PA,USA.Contents Field Analysis of Arc-Flash Incidents and the Related PPE Protective Performance D.R.Doan,E.Hugh Hoagland IV,and T.E.Neal 1 Evaluation of Fire-resistant Clothing Using an Instrumented Mannequin:A Comparison of Exposure Test Conditions Set With a Cylinder Form or Mannequin Form M.Y.Ackerman,E.M.Crown,J.D.Dale,and S.Paskaluk 13 Translation between Heat Loss Measured Using Guarded Sweating Hot Plate,Sweating Manikin,and Physiologically Assessed Heat Stress of Firefighter Turnout Ensembles K.Ross,R.Barker,and A.S.Deaton 27 Analysis of Physical and Thermal Comfort Properties of Chemical Protective Clothing S.Wen,G.Song,and S.Duncan 48 Chemical Protection Garment Redesign for Military Use by the Laboratory for Engineered Human Protecton Years 2005-2011 K.L.Hultzapple,S.S.Hirsch,J.Venafro,S.Frumkin,J.Brady,C.Winterhalter,and S.Proodian 74 Evaluation of Thermal Comfort of Fabrics Using a Controlled-Environment Chamber J.D.Pierce,Jr.,S.S.Hirsch,S.B.Kane,J.A.Venafro,and C.A.Winterhalter 108 Effects of Overgarment Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate on Human Thermal Comfort C.Winterhalter,Q.Truong,T.Endrusick,A.Cardello,and L.Lesher 129 Assessing User Needs and Perceptions of Firefighter PPE J.Barker,L.M.Boorady,S.-H.Lin,Y.-A.Lee,B.Esponnette,and S.P.Ashdown 158 Developing a Thermal Sensor for Use in the Fingers of the PyroHands Fire Test System A.Hummel,R.Barker,K.Lyons,A.S.Deaton,and J.Morton-Aslanis 176 Interlaboratory Study of ASTM F2731,Standard Test Method for Measuring the Transmitted and Stored Energy of Firefighter Protective Clothing Systems L.Deuser,R.Barker,A.S.Deaton,and A.Shepherd 188 Non-destructive Test Methods to Assess the Level of Damage to Firefighters Protective Clothing M.Rezazadeh,D.A.Torvi 202 Dual-mode Analytical Permeation System for Precise Evaluation of Porous and Nonporous Chemical Protective Materials D.L.MacTaggart,S.0.Farwell,Z.Cai,and P.Smith 227 Factors Influencing the Uptake Rate of Passive Adsorbent Dosimeters Used in the Man-in-Simulant-Test R.B.Ormond,R.Barker,K.Beck,D.Thomp