Flame-resistant (FR) garments are an important safety item for workers in the power industry. However, protection varies based on the arc rating of the clothing. Wearers must understand how the FR ...

From U.S. Fleet Forces Command: U.S. Fleet Forces and Pacific Fleet released a joint message Oct. 24 detailing the use and wear of the new Flame Resistant Variant (FRV) coveralls, which will begin ...

Sailors at sea will soon be required to wear flame-resistant coveralls, relegating their blue camouflage working uniforms to events on land, the Navy announced Thursday. In a joint message, the ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 31, 2024 / Industries such as oil and gas, electric utilities, and manufacturing involve higher risks for employees, who may be exposed to dangers like fire, arc ...

141021-N-ZZ999-001 Norfolk, Va. (Oct.21, 2014) Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Ryan Davis wears a pair of Flame Resistant Variant (FRV) coveralls onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) is the first of three ships to wear test the Navy's Improved Flame-Resistant Variant (IFRV) coveralls, beginning this week. The intent of the ...

The Navy developed a flame resistant coverall uniform that will be issued to fleet sailors starting in December as part of a $12 million program to protect sailors. Officials plan to order 230,000 of ...

BM2 Richard Woodland, a sailor from the USS Carney (DDG-64) receives the new Improved Flame Resistant Variant coveralls, flight suit and fleece jacket at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in Yorktown, Va ...

NORFOLK-Sailors aboard USS Bataan Wednesday were the first to receive the new flame resistant variant coveralls. The Navy says they'll make shipboard environments safer for sailors. The decision to ...

Flame-resistant (FR) clothing has come a long way from its origins in the lab of French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, who first discovered that ammonium phosphates and borax were capable of making ...