"Standard Performance Specification for Labeling Protective Clothing Which Provides Resistance to Incidental Exposures to Heat or Open Flame"
This specification provides minimum requirements for labeling protective clothing offering heat, flame, and melting resistance for applications where the potential exists for incidental exposure to open flame, radiant heat sources, or hot surfaces which could melt or ignite materials.
An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or service: Examples of specifications include, but are not limited to, requirements for; physical, mechanical, or chemical properties, and safety, quality, or performance criteria. A specification identifies the test methods for determining whether each of the requirements is satisfied.
All items of clothing and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured to provide specific protection. This includes bullet-proof clothing, general protective clothing and full body ensembles that protect from cuts, radiation, temperature extremes, hot splashes from molten metals and other hot liquids, potential impacts from tools, machinery and materials and hazardous chemicals. Examples of body protection include laboratory coats, coveralls, vests, jackets, aprons, surgical gowns and full body suits
- Thermal protective clothing
- Flame and Thermal
ASTM F1358/F1358M - 20 - Standard Test Method for Effects of Flame Impingement on Materials Used in Protective Clothing Not Designated Primarily for Flame Resistance
ASTM F1494 - 23 - Standard Terminology Relating to Protective Clothing
ASTM F1506 - 22 - Standard Performance Specification for Flame Resistant and Electric Arc Rated Protective Clothing Worn by Workers Exposed to Flames and Electric Arcs
ASTM F2894 - 21 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Materials, Protective Clothing and Equipment for Heat Resistance Using a Hot Air Circulating Oven
This specification includes requirements that define heat and flame resistance of materials used in protective clothing in a manner to limit the contribution of the clothing for causing injury to the wearer when exposed to high heat or flame. Please see the full standard for complete details.
Additional References:
ASTM Standards
- D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
- D4391 Terminology Relating to The Burning Behavior of Textiles
- D6413 Test Method for Flame Resistance of Textiles (Vertical Test)
- D7138 Test Method to Determine Melting Temperature of Synthetic Fibers
- E171 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Flexible Barrier Packaging
- F1358 Test Method for Effects of Flame Impingement on Materials Used in Protective Clothing Not Designated Primarily for Flame Resistance
- F1494 Terminology Relating to Protective Clothing
- F1506 Performance Specification for Flame Resistant and Arc Rated Textile Materials for Wearing Apparel for Use by Electrical Workers Exposed to Momentary Electric Arc and Related Thermal Hazards
- F2101 Test Method for Evaluating the Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) of Medical Face Mask Materials, Using a Biological Aerosol of Staphylococcus aureus
- F2299/F2299M Test Method for Determining the Initial Efficiency of Materials Used in Medical Face Masks to Penetration by Particulates Using Latex Spheres
- F2894 Test Method for Evaluation of Materials, Protective Clothing and Equipment for Heat Resistance Using a Hot Air Circulating Oven
AATCC Standards
- AATCC 132 Colorfastness to Dry cleaning
- AATCC 135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering of Woven and Knit Fabrics
- NFPA1977 Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting
European Standard
- EN 14683 Medical Face Masks—Requirements and Test Methods
- Page last reviewed: February 21, 2024
- Page last updated: February 21, 2024
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