Firefighting and heat resistant apparel
Description
Asbestos woven material. Cut and tailored into apparel for occupations that required protection from fire, hot materials (eg metals) and radiant heat. Used extensively during the Second World War where it became generally well known.
May be white or covered with an outer insulating material
Brands/products
- Henness Safety Equipment
- Bell’s Asbestos & Engineering
Years of production/use
Prior to around 1980
Residential uses
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Industrial uses
Firefighting suits and equipment, protective blankets, welding apparel/gloves, military, gloves for bakeries and kitchens, maritime crew use.
Be aware
Woven asbestos garments, gloves etc, depending on their manufactured quality, age, previous use and subsequent damage/degradation, can have exposed asbestos fibres.
