Summit Technical Bulletin

Summit Work Apparel, a leading manufacturer offering a full line of Flame Resistant Apparel, takes pride in constructing all garments with the most innovative technology, fabrics, and designs to insure the highest comfort, protection, and durability.

Our strength and position in the market comes from our team of experts whom for decades have been servicing the workforce in all industries with firsthand knowledge of the needs and concerns of workers in their particular environments and climates.

Summit Breeze® Flame Resistant Vented Coveralls, a Patented Summit Invention, is the ultimate solution for comfort, protection, and heat stress.

Summit Freeze® Flame Resistant Outerwear is constructed with three layers of protection to withstand extreme winter conditions (wind, moisture, and freeze).

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Summit Breeze®

Lowest Body Burn:

Summit Breeze

Vented FR Coveralls ®

Testing of Summit Breeze® garments deliver the lowest anticipated body burn (less than 8%), outperforming competitive garments (Per ASTM 1930, Standard Test Method).

Minimum Hospitalization:

Up to 41 days less predicted hospitalization vs standardized NFPA 2112 (2017 Edition) minimum performance.

Highest Survivability:

Data from the “American Burn Institute” proves inhalation injury increases the mortality rate by 16 times. Only Summit Breeze® directs a great majority off-gas away from the face significantly minimizing inhalation injury.

Ultimate Protection:

Ultimate Comfort:

Proven body burn reduction vs. a standard coverall design.

Proven the most comfortable and versatile design for all climates; Maximizes the human body’s mechanism of regulating heat stress through evaporative cooling & convection.

Certified:

Superior Value:

NFPA 2112 (2017 Edition); Certified: CO-12. Controlled shrinkage and elimination of field altered garments to improve comfort.

Summit Breeze ® FR Vented Coveralls meet and exceed the performance requirements for Electric Arc Flash (NFPA 70E) and Flash Fire NFPA 2112; and is Certified.

Data to determine performance characteristics required to promote survival of workers exposed to a Flash Fire.

Summary of Findings Source:

2012 National Burn Repository, Report of Data from 2002-2011, Dataset 8.0

“7. Deaths from burn injury increased with advancing age and burn size, and presence of inhalation injury. For patients under age of 60 and with a TBSA between .1 and 19.9, The presence of inhalation injury increased the likelihood of death by 16 times.

“9. For survivors, the average length of stay was slightly greater than approximately 1 day per percent TBSA burned.”

“10. Overall, the charges per case for a death were over 3 times greater than those for a survivor. Additionally, hospital charges per hospital day in patient deaths averaged near $11,000 more than surviving patients.”

Competing FRC Manufacturers Burn Test*

*all competing FRC Manufacturers related information was chosen randomly from one of the many FR Clothing Manufacturers published documents.

Summit Breeze® Burn Test**

**Burn Number: 03305, Flash Fire Test, The University of Alberta, October 9, 2012

Data from the “American Burn Institute” proves inhalation injury increases the mortality rate by 16 times. Only Summit Breeze® directs a great majority off-gas away from the face significantly minimizing inhalation injury.

Summit Breeze

Vented FR

®

The World’s Safest Coverall & Shirt

Summit Breeze®

Vented Coverall, 7oz. FR Cotton fabric

6.45% - 9.05% Body Burn

With the Vent Open

Summit Breeze®

Vented Coverall, 5.5oz. FR Inherent Blend fabric

4.4% up to 8% Body Burn

With the Vent Open

THE FREVOLUTION

Summit Breeze®: (With Vent Open) Tested 7 oz FR 88/12 with only 6.45% - 9.05% body burn*** (Burn Number: 03756 Oct 15, 2012 and Burn Number: 03305 October 9, 2012, The University of Alberta, Flash Fire Facility), outperforms all other garments less than 7.5 oz (Per ASTM 1930, Standard Test Method).

Standard Coverall NFPA 2112 (2017 Edition) Performance Criteria - 50% Body Burn

With inhalation the rate of fatality and/or days of hospitalization will have sharp increase

*** For complete test results, please refer to the “Burn Test Results”