"Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting and Urban Interface Fire Fighting"

This standard shall specify the minimum design, performance, testing, and certification requirements for items of wildland fire fighting and urban interface fire fighting protective clothing and equipment, including protective garments, protective helmets, protective gloves, protective footwear, protective goggles, and protective chain saw protectors; and for load-carrying equipment.

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.

A definitive procedure that produces a test result: Examples of test methods include, but are not limited to: identification, measurement, and evaluation of one or more qualities, characteristics, or properties. A precision and bias statement shall be reported at the end of a test method.

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the arm and/or the hand this includes all garments protecting the hand or part of the hand, including gloves, fingerless gloves, mittens, garments protecting the fingers only or the palm only, etc. Potential hazards include skin absorption of harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts, punctures, fractures and amputations.

• Fire fighting gloves

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the foot and/or the leg and to provide anti-slip protection. This category includes protection against static electricity, risk of explosion, falling or rolling objects, crushing or penetrating, protection from exposure to hot substances and/or corrosive or poisonous materials

• Firefighter footwear

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

• Firefighter protective clothing

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the head (typically from impact). This includes hard hats that protect from impact and penetration hazards as well as from electrical shock and burn hazards.

• Helmet

• Flame and Thermal

• 33-2000 Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers
  • 33-2011 Firefighters, Forest

ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2020 - American National Standard for Occupational and Educational Personal Eye and Face Protection Devices

ASTM F2010 / F2010M - 18(2023) - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Glove Effects on Wearer Finger Dexterity Using a Modified Pegboard Test

ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014 (R2019) - American National Standard for Industrial Head Protection

ASTM F1060 - 18 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Conductive and Compressive Heat Resistance (CCHR)

ASTM F1342 / F1342M - 05(2022) - Standard test method for protective clothing material resistance to puncture

ASTM F1414 - 19(2023) - Standard test method for measurement of cut resistance to chain saw in lower body (legs) protective clothing

ASTM F1790 / F1790M - 15 (Reapproved 2021) - Standard Test Method for Measuring Cut Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing

ASTM F1868 - 23 - Standard Test Method for Thermal, Evaporative Resistance and Total Heat Loss Measurements of Clothing Materials Using a Sweating Hot Plate

ASTM F1897 - 20 - Standard Specification for Leg Protection for Chain Saw Users

29 CFR 1910.132 - General requirements