The Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) has announced that the first SEI certifications for chemical and biological terrorism suits have been issued to the following NFPA criteria: NFPA 1994, Protective Ensembles for Chemical or Biological Terrorism Incidents, 2001 Edition.
All independent testing for the SEI certification program of Chemical & Biological Protective Ensembles used in the fire and emergency services is conducted at SEI's contract testing laboratory, Intertek Testing Services (ITS), Cortland, N.Y.