1. FLAMMABILITY STUDY MATERIALS

2. TERMS FIBER: SMALLEST UNIT IN A FABRIC FABRIC: INTERCONNECTED FIBERS MAN-MADE FIBERS: TEXTILES PRODUCED BY MANIPULATIONS OF MAN SYNTHETIC: FABRICS GENERATED THROUGH SYNTHESIS, NOT USING ANIMAL OR PLANT PRODUCTS SEMI-SYNTHETIC: FABRICS GENERATED THROUGH SYNTHESIS BUT USING ANIMAL OR PLANT PRODUCTS NATURAL FIBERS: FABRICS CREATED BY AN ANIMAL (PROTEIN) OR PLANT (CELLULOSE)

3. NATURAL PROTEIN WOOL SILK CELLULOSE COTTON POLYESTER (Plant Epidermis, non-textile) MAN-MADE SYNTHETIC KEVLAR NYLON ACRYLIC POLYESTER SEMI-SYNTHETIC RAYON VISCOSE TYPES OF FABRIC

4. TESTS ODOR (BURNING HAIR, GRASS, CHEMICALS) CHAR (ASH TYPE: SOFT BEAD, ASH, HARD, BLACK, GREY) SELF-EXTINGUISHING OR NOT (DOES IT CONTINUE TO BURN WHEN REMOVED FROM THE FLAME) RAPIDITY (HOW QUICKLY DOES IT BURN) IGNITION (HOW QUICKLY DOES IT BEGIN TO BURN IN THE FLAME) COLOR OF SMOKE (BLACK, GREY, WHITE) THREADING OF FIBER (WHEN PULLED FROM THE FLAME THE FIBER STRETCHES OR PULLS INTO A THREAD, LIKE TAFFY) DOES THE FABRIC SHRINK AWAY OR MOVE TOWARD THE FLAME RATE OF CONSUMPTION (SECONDS/IN SQUARED AND SECONDS/GRAMS)

5. SYNTHETIC KEVLARNYLON/ ACRYLIC POLYESTER

6. SEMI-SYNTHETIC RAYON (VISCOSE RAYON) RAYON/VISCOSE

7. NATURAL FIBER STRUCTURES Cellulose Protein PLANT (COTTON & POLYESTER) AND ANIMAL (WOOL, SILK)

8. APPLICATIONS FIREFIGHTING http://dawnent.org/products/anti-flash-hoods/ MILITARY AUTOMOBILE RACING TAPESTRY, CURTAINS UPHOLSTERY CLOTHING