Protecting What is Built to Protect: Maintenance of AR/FR Workwear
As a safety professional, you’re no doubt familiar with the industry-guiding standard of NFPA 2112. This crucial set of guidelines ensures that workers are protected from flash fire in an industrial environment by flame resistant (FR) work wear.
It not only provides minimum performance criteria and establishes clear guidelines for work wear testing, it also makes a distinction between rating flame resistant fabrics versus the garments themselves. It’s a crucial distinction, as often times the efficacy of FR work wear is determined by how well the protection is built into the garment (e.g. inherent vs. treated).