While rain and fire resistance might seem like conflicting ideas, if you work at an outdoor job site, you’re going to want some gear that does both.

There are multiple tests that help determine a clothing’s fire-resistance rating, but the material it’s made of has the biggest impact on its final rating.

Simply looking at a piece of clothing is not enough to tell if it’s fire-resistant or not. You will have to look at the finer details to know for sure.

Using flame-resistant pants in an industrial-related job is more important than some people realize, so we’re going to go over some scenarios in which it helps.