You must Survive fires with your face and hands intact! this jacket contains pockets to store the included gloves and facial hoods. Use them or loose them.

Wear only non-melting fabrics:



I interviewed a Burn Nurse, and he had one thing to say, “its all about the hands and face”, “You can loose a leg and skin graft your whole body, but if you loose your face or hands, it’s bad, you don’t want to know” Gloves, Balaclavas, neck gaiters, helmet skirts, goggles ascend in importance beyond the flight suit itself.

Regarding Nomex etc, the insulator is AIR, that is why layers are best, the fabric is about how long it stays in one piece, there for one layer of summer military nomex over cotton underwear is better than cotton T shirt and jeans. Sure it is nice not to be soaked with gasoline, but the gasoline burns on the surface with the ambient air, so being soaked in thin nomex is still better than being soaked in T shirt and jeans.

Regarding wearing a wet t shirt, water creates STEAM which conducts the heat and burns, defeating the AIR insulation layer, therefore keeping DRY is part of maintaining heat insulation. Also avoiding oil and biological contamination with frequent washing is very important, so the flight suit materiel must be able to withstand repeated laundering. Proper testing for longevity of treated cotton is an ongoing issue.

AFTER you are burned, if you can remove your clothing and immediatly fllood the burn with cool water, And keep the cooling going for 15 minutes or until the victim is too cold. It is possible to prevent deeper tissue damage. Only Wet ice with water is allowed as non-wet ice with stick to the skin and peel it off.