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P_ TIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION<br />

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483-5111 MSC 70-93<br />

August 26, <strong>1970</strong><br />

HOUSTON_ TEXAS---Representatives of national fire safety organizations<br />

today will meet with National Aeronautics and Space Administration<br />

Manned Spacecraft Center engineers to discuss and inspect fire-fighting<br />

garment concepts developed for the manned space flight program. The<br />

meetings will a×plore the possibilities of adapting the specialized<br />

fire-fighting garments and equipment to general use.<br />

Representatives of the International Association of Fire Chiefs_<br />

International Association cf Fire Fighters_ the National Fire Protection<br />

Association and the National Bureau of Standards will meet with Matthew<br />

I. Radnofsky of the Center's Crew Systems Division. Examples of firefighting<br />

garment concepts such as the proximity fire fighting suit_ the<br />

rescue garment and the fire entry suit--all developed for launch pad<br />

and training vehicle rescue work and made of fire retardant fabrics---<br />

will be demonstrated.<br />

Radnofsky's group at tke Center has been working with industrial<br />

and fire safety groups in making space-evolved fire-retardant materials<br />

and technology available for other applications.

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