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fire-service-uniforms, Multi-layer protection suits to EN469 The washing and care of fire, rescue and paramedic protective clothing.

– A Heavy soiling wash process is required due to the nature of the work, large amounts of soot, mud, sweat, oil and greases, as well as the possibility of body fluids and blood. Sometimes there may even be toxic chemicals after a chemical plant or factory fire or leakage which has to be dealt with by the fire department.

– Total temperature and process control of the whole cycle is required, so that an audited check can be made at any time in the future, also that no damage was done to the fire proof, heat resistance and reflective elements of the garments.

– One problem is that in all organisations where people wear uniforms, there is a certain caché in having a well worn, “old soldier” garment, plus they are more comfortable for training and moving about.

In the fire services there is a hangover from the British Navy which supplied many of the fire fighters after WW2, because of the training for ordinary seamen on board a warship always included fire fighting.

This can be seen by the use of words like Watch for shift and many other terms used by fire departments. This can prove extremely dangerous, as was found during one of the big underground or subway fires in London several years ago.

A few of the Fire Operatives were severely burned due to the wearing of worn fire uniforms, which had lost their fireproof and water resistant properties. The water boiled within the suit which caused horrendous and fatal injuries to several senior operatives.

They may have been comfortable to wear during training, but when the shout went up, the worn uniforms were found wanting in their protective properties.

This created a pressure to find a method of cleaning, which would not damage the fabric and its integrity as a protective garment.

– Special proofing process for fire-service-uniforms , this has enabled the industry to come up with machines and chemicals, which will clean and reproof the garments for many washes before they have to be discarded.

– Controlled Drying requirements for these garments mean that they are first processed in a tumble dryer to bake off the water proofing and flame retardents then the thicknesses have to be dried by hanging in a drying room for maybe 24 hours to complete curing the process.

– This means that garment can be out of circulation for several days during the laundry turn round. fire-service-uniforms

The Dupont® /Nomex® Omega® system for fire-service-uniforms

• Z-200TM aramide (maroon) & reflective tapes, as it says is the reflective tapes on the garment for recognising who is who during an incident, these must not lose any of their reflective properties during the washing and drying process.

• Thermal lining - aramide/Nomex fibre, this is the insulating barrier between the outside of the garment and the wearers body.

• Moisture control - PTFE film laminates + Nomex & Gore-Tex® cloths, these inter liners are required to stop the operative being boiled alive by the hot water getting inside the garment. As mentioned above.

These produce pockets of water during the spin and drying processes, which means reverse action drums and pauses to allow the water to drain away during the wash, spin and tumble drying is necessary.

• Physical protection - Polymer coated Kevlar® reinforced knees elbows etc.

These are the hard wearing parts of the garment which take the maximum abrasion during use, and are subject to wear from brick dust, grit etc.

• Requires precision control of all wash/dry and proofing parameters.

This is achieved with the use of programmable washer-extractors and tumble dryers with precise dosing pumps for the range of chemicals which are introduced during the wash and proofing section of the cycle.

• Summary :- Fire/heat/water proof multi-layer treatment.

• Special control of proofing process using fluorocarbon based resins to render the fabric - oil - dirt - chemical and water repellent.

• Proofing activation Dryer programme

• Owing to the nature of the materials used in the construction of multi-layered garments and fire-service-uniforms, it is also necessary that after cure/drying/proofing process, garments are fully dried off using drying cabinets or drying rooms.

Which means a garment is out of service for several days, so a range of replacement garments is required to give a full 365 day service to the public.

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