Portuguese Firefighters’ Anthropometrics: Pilot Study Results Anna S. P. Moraes , Miguel A. F. Carvalho , Rachel S. Boldt , Fernando B. N. Ferreira , Susan P. Ashdown , and Linsey Grif fin Abstract Personal protective equipment is of paramount importance in aiding and protecting firefighters against hazardous conditions. Personal protective equipment should be compatible to firefighters’ body dimensions. However, the lack of updated anthropometric data for this specific occupational group can lead to ill-fitting equipment, compromising work performance and the level of protection. To understand if Portuguese firefighters’ protective equipment is adjusted to their anthropometrics a study designated as Size FF Portugal is currently underway. A pilot study was conducted in a fire brigade located in the North of Portugal aiming to collect preliminary anthropometric data. Thirty-two male firefighters participated in the pilot study. This paper contrasts some preliminary anthropo- metric data of Portuguese firefighters with an anthropometric database of U.S. firefighters. The results show statistically significant differences between the stature and weight of Portuguese and U.S. firefighters. Conversely, crotch height and calf circumference measurements were not statistically different when comparing fire- fighters of both countries. Final considerations regarding the study limitations are presented. Keywords Anthropometric data Á Firefighting Á Ill-fitting Á Personal protective equipment Á Turnout gear A. S. P. Moraes (&) Á M. A. F. Carvalho Á R. S. Boldt Á F. B. N. Ferreira University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal e-mail: sophiapiacenza@gmail.com S. P. Ashdown Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA L. Grif fin University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 D. Sumpor et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Ergonomics Conference, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 1313, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66937-9_17 151