Footwear Decontamination Study
In a recent study conducted at the laboratories of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc in Elkton, Maryland leather swatch samples were found to retain less residual chemical contamination than rubber swatch samples following decontamination procedures. The tests were conducted using a testing protocol established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is focused on chemicals that firefighters are likely to encounter in the field, including carbon disulfide (CS2), tetrachloroethylene, isooctane (gasoline), acrylonitrile, dimethyl formamide (DMF), and diethyl amine as contaminants.
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To read the article published in Fire Engineering, click here.