Date Available

12-12-2014

Year of Publication

2014

Degree Name

Master of Science in Merchandising, Apparel & Textiles

Document Type

Master's Thesis

College

Agriculture, Food and Environment

Department/School/Program

Retailing and Tourism Management

First Advisor

Dr. Elizabeth Easter

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify the composition of soils on firefighter turnout gear from the Philadelphia Fire Department and to determine which soils contain hazardous materials. The objective of the research was to identify the composition of soils remaining on the firefighter turnout gear to enable the industry to design an effective cleaning procedure for removal of soils. A pilot study was conducted on hoods from the Philadelphia fire department to evaluate the test methods that would be used to identify the composition of soils. Soils that had been identified from previous studies were targeted in the analysis of the extraction of the samples removed from the hoods. Samples were removed from areas of the coats and pants where dermal absorption is reported as high areas of skin absorption, including areas in the neck, armpit, crotch and wrist locations.

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