As you read this article you are quite possibly at work or someplace other than your home. It’s also very likely that you drove to whatever location you are currently at. I would wager one of the first things you did when you entered your car was to apply your seat belt. Have you ever stopped and thought about why? I would suppose you would answer that “it is the law “or “you will be ticketed if you don’t have it on” and that’s very true, but you might also answer that it’s a safety measure in the event you are in an accident. And, if you are in an accident, seatbelts have been proven to greatly enhance your survivability chances.
If we apply this same logic to FR clothing, you will see there is little difference between a seat belt and FR clothing. The law requires that you must wear flame-resistant clothing when in an environment with potential thermal hazards such as arc flash and/or flash fire. While most of us have never experienced an arc flash or flash fire first hand, it has been proven that these events do occur more commonly than you might think and FR clothing has been proven to greatly enhance your survivability chances should you be exposed to one of these hazards.