Abstract: A protective combination wearable by a firefighter or by an emergency worker comprises a face mask, a fluid-impervious protective hood, and a fluid-impervious, elastomeric gasket. The face mask has a face-conformable gasket and a transparent window projecting from the face-conformable gasket. The protective hood has a peripheral edge, to which the elastomeric gasket is attached. The elastomeric gasket is adapted, when the protective combination is worn, to be tightly drawn against the face mask, along the face-conformable gasket, and to allow at least a substantial portion of the transparent window projecting from the face-conformable gasket to project through the elastomeric gasket. A preferred material for the elastomeric gasket is neoprene.

Abstract: For a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, a protective ensemble comprises a protective garment, such as a protective coat, a face mask, which mounts a respirator having an exhalation valve, a housing member, which is coupled to the exhalation valve, and a flexible conduit, which is coupled to the housing member for conducting exhaled gases from the exhalation valve of the respirator into a space within the protective garment. In one contemplated embodiment, the space within the protective garment is a space between layers of the protective garment. In an alternative embodiment, the space within the protective garment is a space between the protective garment and inner clothes of a wearer of the protective ensemble and between the bare skin of the wearer where said skin is not covered by inner clothes of the wearer.

Abstract: A protective garment, such as a protective coat, for a wearer who is a firefighter or an emergency rescue worker and who carries a self-contained breathing apparatus including a supply of compressed air, a face mask, which is arranged to intake air supplied by the supply for the wearer to breathe, is equipped to direct air supplied by the supply and/or air exhaled by the wearer, so as to maintain positive air pressure within a space between the protective garment and inner clothes where worn by the wearer within the protective garment and between the protective garment and bare skin of the wearer where such skin is not covered by inner clothes being worn by the wearer within the protective garment. The space is vented at edges of the protective garment.

Abstract: As worn with a pull-on boot, a pair of pants has an outer shell and a liner, which has a leg-covering portion and a foot-covering portion. In a ready-to-don condition, the pull-on boot is placed onto a horizontal surface so as to open upwardly, the foot-covering portion is fitted into the pull-on boot. and the outer shell is fitted over the pull-on boot, whereupon the pair of pants is pulled downwardly, over the pull-on boot, toward the horizontal surface. The foot-covering portion of the liner may be detachably attached to and within the boot, as by hook-and-loop attaching means, when the combination has been manipulated to the ready-to-don position. The liner has a pair of pull-on loops, each of which is attached to and within the liner so as to be manually graspable when the combination has been manipulated into the ready-to-don condition.

Abstract: For and in a protective garment having an outer shell, a liner having a barrier side and an opposite side and having, on the barrier side, a moisture barrier or a barrier against chemical or biological agents is folded along two folds, which are parallel when laid flat and straightened, so as to form a fin projecting from the opposite side. A seal providing a similar barrier is provided between the folds. A plural-part fastener, such as a snap fastener or a hook-and-loop fastener, is used to fasten the liner having the barrier to and within the outer shell. One part of the plural-part fastener is mounted to the liner and another part of the plural-part fastener is mounted to the outer shell.

Abstract: A drag harness made from strapping, possibly a single length of strapping, comprises two arm loops of a fixed length and a drag loop of a fixed length, which is joined, as by being sewn or by being riveted, to the arm loops at a common juncture. The arm loops are made from a single length of strapping and the drag loop is made from a separate length of strapping made of a flame-resistant material. The drag loop is adapted to extend above the shoulders of the wearer and behind the head of the wearer, if the wearer is standing, whereby a rescuer grasping the drag loop can drag the wearer, via the drag harness, if the wearer is lying in a supine position. Thus, the drag grip, the common juncture, or both are adapted to support the head of the wearer, when the wearer is being dragged, via the head harness, while the wearer is lying in a supine position.

Abstract: For a firefighter or another person who may need to work in a hazardous environment, such as a rescue or chemical worker, a harness attached to an air tank of a self-contained breathing apparatus so as to enable a person wearing the harness to carry the air tank on his or her back includes, at an upper portion of the harness, a hand loop, by which a rescuer can drag a person wearing the harness, if the person has become incapacitated. Preferably, the hand loop and the shoulder straps are fabric straps, which are sewn to one another.

Abstract: A protective garment having a collar has a chinstrap attached to the collar via an elongate member having two opposite ends, each of which is attached to the collar and one of which is attached detachably to the collar via a hook-and-loop fastener. The chinstrap is adjustable along the elongate member to any on a range of adjusted positions of the chinstrap along the elongate member. Preferably, the elongate member is a strap, which or at least a portion of which is elastic, and the chinstrap has a hem, through which the elongate member passes.

Abstract: A liquid-tight, pull-over, protective garment, which is adapted to be worn by a wearer, under a helmet worn by the wearer, under gloves worn by the wearer, and over another garment or other garments worn by the wearer, is adapted to cover the head, upper torso, arms, and hands of the wearer even if the protective garment is worn without a helmet and without gloves. In one contemplated embodiment, substantially all of the protective garment, and particularly a portion of the protective garment that covers the eyes of the wearer when the protective garment is worn, is transparent. In an alternative embodiment, a portion of the protective garment, at least where the protective garment when worn covers the eyes of the wearer, comprises a transparent window.

Abstract: A protective garment for a military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker has a shell of high visibility with trim that is reflective, fluorescent, or both, a shell of low visibility without such trim, and a moisture barrier between the shells. Being reversible, the protective garment is wearable with either shell facing outwardly and with the other shell facing inwardly. In terms of heat resistance, flame resistance, and tear strength, each shell conform to all applicable standards of NFPA 1971 for outer shells of protective clothing. In terms of thermal protection performance, the protective garment conforms to all applicable standards of NFPA 1971 for all layers of protective clothing. Desirably, the protective garment conforms to the standards of NFPA 1971, no matter which shell faces outwardly when the protective garment is worn, except that the shell of low visibility does not have trim that is reflective, fluorescent, or both.

Abstract: A drag harness comprises two arm loops, each of which has a fixed length and is adapted to receive a separate arm of a wearer, and a gripping loop having a fixed length, joined to the arm loops. Rather than one gripping loop, a pair of gripping loops, each having a fixed length, can be advantageously used. The arm loops are made from a flexible, tubular, flame-resistant, non-abrading material, such as polyamide fibers, which are woven into flexible tubes.

Abstract: A protective garment having an outer shell, when worn without an inner liner, conforms to and displays, on the outer shell, an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard for protective garments, such as NFPA 1999 (03), NFPA 1951 (01), or both. When worn within the protective garment, the inner liner causes the protective garment to conform to and displays an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard, which is a different standard, for protective garments, such as NFPA 1971 (00). When the inner liner is worn within the outer shell, a tag displaying the indicium or indicia displayed on the inner liner is manipulatable and is attachable detachably to the outer shell, via coactive elements, such as coactive elements of a hook-and-loop fastener, so as to mask the indicium or indicia displayed by the outer shell but so as to display the indicium or indicia displayed by the inner liner.

Abstract: In a protective garment comprising an outer shell, an intermediate liner, and an inner liner, a visual indication whether each liner is being worn, is provided to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, via a tab extending from such liner and being manipulatable to an indicating position, in which the tab extending from such liner can be detachably attached to another part of the protective garment. In its indicating position, the tab extending from the intermediate liner can be detachably attached to the outer shell. In its indicating position, the tab extending from the inner liner can be detachably attached to the outer shell, in one contemplated embodiment, or to the tab extending from the intermediate liner, in an alternative embodiment.

Abstract: A drag harness comprises two arm loops, each of which has a fixed length and is adapted to receive a separate arm of a wearer, and a gripping loop having a fixed length, joined to the arm loops. Rather than one gripping loop, a pair of gripping loops, each having a fixed length, can be advantageously used. The arm loops are made from a non-abrading material, which may be rope, such as cotton rope or polyester rope. Alternatively, the non-abrading material may be a material, such as strapping, webbing, or rope, which has a surface finish providing the material with a non-abrading characteristic.

Abstract: A drag harness made from strapping, possibly a single length of strapping, comprises two arm loops and a drag loop, which is joined, as by being sewn or by being riveted, to the arm loops at a common juncture. Each of the arm and drag loops has a fixed length. The drag loop is adapted to extend above the shoulders of the wearer and behind the head of the wearer, if the wearer is standing, whereby a rescuer grasping the drag loop can drag the wearer, via the drag harness, if the wearer is lying in a supine position. Thus, the drag grip, the common juncture, or both are adapted to support the head of the wearer, when the wearer is being dragged, via the head harness, while the wearer is lying in a supine position.

Abstract: For a military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker, a protective garment has an outer shell, an inner liner providing thermal insulation, and a moisture barrier between the outer shell and the inner liner. The outer shell has a surface of high visibility and a surface of low visibility and is reversible. The outer shell has reflective trim on the surface of high visibility but not on the surface of low visibility. The inner liner and the moisture barrier are attachable detachably to the outer shell so as to be wearable within whichever surface becomes an inner surface of the outer shell. The protective garment with the surface of high visibility facing outwardly and with the inner liner and the moisture barrier worn within the outer shell conforms to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1971 standard for “Protective Clothing for Structural Fire Fighting.

Abstract: For a firefighter or another person who may need to work in a hazardous environment, such as a rescue or chemical worker, a harness attached to an air tank of a self-contained breathing apparatus so as to enable a person wearing the harness to carry the air tank on his or her back includes, at an upper portion of the harness, a hand loop, by which a rescuer can drag a person wearing the harness, if the person has become incapacitated. Preferably, the hand loop and the shoulder straps are fabric straps, which are sewn to one another.

Abstract: A thermal imaging camera, which is mounted to a protective helmet, is used with a display, which has a viewing lens, and with an arm, which connects the thermal imaging camera to the display. A protective shroud covers the display, except for the viewing lens, and covers the arm. The protective shroud, which is aluminized so as to be heat-reflective and which is thermally insulative, is attached to or is unitary with another protective shroud, which covers surfaces of the thermal imaging camera.

Abstract: In a combination wherein a thermal imaging camera having a front lens is mounted to a protective helmet, such as a firefighter's helmet, where the thermal imaging camera is not covered from above by any portion of the protective helmet, wherein a display is mounted below the front area of the brim, and wherein an arm connects the thermal imaging camera to the display, a shroud, which is aluminized so as to be heat-reflective, is adapted, when secured to the protective helmet, to cover the exposed top, side, and front surfaces of the thermal imaging camera, except for a front opening for the front lens and except for a bottom opening, through which the display and the arm connecting the thermal imaging camera to the display can pass when the shroud is being installed.

Abstract: In a set of protective gear for a firefighter or for an emergency worker, a helmet is covered by an aluminized cover, which is joined to an aluminized shroud along an uninterrupted juncture, so as to eliminate any gap between the shroud and the cover, where the cover is joined to the shroud. In a preferred embodiment, the uninterrupted juncture is defined by a permanent seam, which is sewn and which may be sealed by an adhesive sealant so as to be fluid-impervious. Being uninterrupted, the seam impedes and, if sealed by an adhesive sealant, blocks infiltration of heat, water, gases, or smoke between the shroud and the cover. In an alternative embodiment, cover and the shroud have common region including the uninterrupted juncture, the common region being aluminized. The common region blocks infiltration of heat, water, gases, or smoke between the shroud and the cover.