Safety Evaluation Criteria for Fire Hood for Forest Firefighting Crews

There is no domestic safety performance evaluation standard for fire hoods, which are personal safety protective equipment to prevent heat damage to exposed skin such as the head and neck of firefighters due to continuous radiant heat and direct flame during forest fire fighting. Based on the standards of firefighting hoods for firefighter of the Korea Fire Institute, a comparative analysis of foreign standards(NFPA, ISO) was conducted, and domestic forest fire fighters and experts' opinions were collected to present domestic safety performance evaluation standards. In preparation for sudden fires that may occur at forest fire sites, supplementary items were derived according to the work of forest fire extinguishers through experiments on heat damage to the human body. It is thought that it will contribute to securing safety and efficiency of firefighting work due to heat damage by presenting fire hood performance evaluation standards for forest firefighters.