Those who have been working for some time in hazardous industries know the difference between being fire resistant and fire proof. When a piece of clothing is fire resistant it means that when exposed to a flame it will start burning, but when the source of flame is removed it will self-extinguish. On the other hand, fire proof clothing will not catch fire at all. For most people working in industries which have the possibility of having a work environment which has the possibility of high heat or even flames, FR clothing is more important and useful. Let us take a quick look at some of the salient features of Flame Resistant shirts .
This self-extinguishing feature of an FR shirt has two aspects. First, they are made of material which would not melt when exposed to high heat, and therefore there is no risk of damage to skin from melting clothing. Second, because the FR shirt can extinguish the fire on itself when the source is taken away, the wearer can get enough time to escape in an adverse fire scenario.
FR shirts do not protect the wearer only from fire, although the F in FR does stand for flame or fire. Let’s say the wearer is working in a company involved in generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power. Such persons face the risk of high electrical voltages, welding flames, electrocution, and of course fires. Among the safety standards that FR shirts must adhere to is one called 269 (it is derived from 1910.269(I)(6)), which means persons working in that kind of an environment must be made aware of the potential risk from electric arcs, and must be trained to combat any risk from such an environment.
When the difference between a bad injury and safe evacuation is just a few seconds, then the one thing that can protect you in those crucial seconds is a good FR shirt.
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