Archive for November 2019

A hot topic being discussed these days is the idea of fire departments adopting flame resistant base layer garments to replace 100% cotton t-shirts or polyester t-shirts. The US Military has already gone through similar evaluations and found inherently flame resistant knits like Sigma™ as the optimum fabric for flame resistant base layers. Explored below…

Earlier this year we wrote a blog to promote awareness and educate fire departments thinking about switching from a gold or lighter colored outer shell to a black outer shell; many departments who make the switch aren’t prepared for the color changes that occur. The purpose of the blog wasn’t meant to promote switching to…