What do firefighters desire from the next generation of personal protective equipment? Outcomes from an international survey

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  • LEE Joo-Young
    Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
  • PARK Joonhee
    Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
  • PARK Huiju
    Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Cornell University, USA
  • COCA Aitor
    National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
  • KIM Jung-Hyun
    National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
  • TAYLOR Nigel A.S.
    Centre for Human and Applied Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • SON Su-Young
    Human Engineering and Risk Management Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
  • TOCHIHARA Yutaka
    Kyushu University, Japan

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The purpose of this study was to investigate smart features required for the next generation of personal protective equipment (PPE) for firefighters in Australia, Korea, Japan, and the USA. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 167 Australian, 351 Japanese, 413 Korean, and 763 U.S. firefighters (1,611 males and 61 females). Preferences concerning smart features varied among countries, with 27% of Korean and 30% of U.S. firefighters identifying ‘a location monitoring system’ as the most important element. On the other hand, 43% of Japanese firefighters preferred ‘an automatic body cooling system’ while 21% of the Australian firefighters selected equally ‘an automatic body cooling system’ and ‘a wireless communication system’. When asked to rank these elements in descending priority, responses across these countries were very similar with the following items ranked highest: ‘a location monitoring system’, ‘an automatic body cooling system’, ‘a wireless communication system’, and ‘a vision support system’. The least preferred elements were ‘an automatic body warming system’ and ‘a voice recording system’. No preferential relationship was apparent for age, work experience, gender or anthropometric characteristics. These results have implications for the development of the next generation of PPE along with the international standardisation of the smart PPE.

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