A
- accessories additional equipment
- adhesive substance for sticking things together
- aftercare service/attention after sale
- airport take-off and landing for aircraft
- air mixture of nitrogen and oxygen
- anti-pilling prevention of loose surface fibres
- anti-static prevents build-up of static electricity
- aramid composite fire resistant fibre
B
- balaclava head covering to protect from burning
- bellows expandable (pocket)
- bespoke made-to-measure
- black colour
- blue colour
- boots footwear covering the ankle and lower leg
- braces elasticated straps supporting trousers from shoulders
- breathable the property of removing moisture vapour
- buckle form of fastener
C
- carbon C element
- chemicals elementary and compound substances
- chincup part of helmet chin strap
- clothing garments to clothe the body
- colour chromatics
- Combi jacket short jacket to wear over salopettes
- comfort physical well-being
- conformity meeting regulatory standards
- construction the manner of putting together
- crotch top of the leg
- customer service giving assistance in fulfilling a customer’s requirements
D
- development making a new product
- donning putting on (garment)
- doffing taking off (garment)
E
- EEBA emergency escape breathing devices
- emergency services Police Fire & Ambulance services
- European relevant to all 27 member States of the European Union
- extrication removing from confined spaces
F
- fabrics woven and knitted textiles
- fall arrest method of preventing falls from height
- fibre class of continuous filament
- filter preventing particles from entering lungs
- finger one of four digits on hand
- fire combustion of oxygen and materials
- fire fighting intervention to extinguish fire
- fire investigation finding the cause of a fire
- fire protection products/methods that protect against being burnt
- fire prevention products/methods that stop fire from developing
- fire retardant slows/stops the process of burning
- FR abbreviation of fire retardant
- fire fighting standards minimum requirements for fire fighter's equipment
- flash hoods head covering to protect from burning
- fluorescent colour
- footwear boots and shoes
G
- gas detection finding & measuring the source of leaking gas vapours
- gas monitor measures gas vapours in the atmosphere
- gloves protective hand covering
- goat domesticated animal
- green colour
- grey colour
- guarantee product warranty
- gusset flap to enlarge or strengthen
H
- helmets protective head covering
- high-volume pumping large capacity water pumps
- HVP abbreviation of high-volume pumping
- hi-visibility retro-reflective photoluminescent strips
- high wicking movement of moisture through fabric
I
- ISO International Standards Organisation
- innovation bring in new ideas
- intervention preventing emergencies
K
- Kevlar® high tensile reinforcing yarn
- knitted stitches of thread or yarn
L
- lightweight lightweight
- line rescue line rescue
- lining fabrics lining fabrics
- links links
- longevity longevity
M
- manikin artificial human model
- MarED Marine Equipment Directive
- materials technology science of types of fabrics
- materials matter of more than 1 substance
- membrane thin flexible solid sheet of polymers
- mesh network fabric/structure
- moisture barrier membrane to prevent water penetration
- moisture transport method of moving water vapour through fabric
- mortal danger threat to life
- multifunctionality having many uses
N/O
- navy blue colour
- orange colour
P
- palm inner surface of hand
- panoramic wide view
- paramedic emergency services medical personnel
- patented having a proprietary claim
- personal protective equipment products to save people from injury to life
- PPE abbreviation of personal protective equipment
- petro-chemicals products derived from oil
- gas or coal
- photoluminescent colour
- production manufacturing processes
Q
- quality general excellence
- quality assurance a promise that products are made to a standard
- QA abbreviation of quality assurance
R
- red colour
- refinery facility for turning oil into petrol
- risk assessment identification of what is dangerous
- rope access able to be reached by using ropes
- rope rescue using a rope to retrieve people from danger
- RTC road traffic collision
S
- safety reducing risks to life
- salopettes trousers with extension to mid-chest level
- SCBA self-contained breathing apparatus
- Scotchlite™ reflective tape system
- smoke hood head covering to protect against burning vapours
- sole under part of shoe
- specification describing use and types of materials
- specifiers official organisations describing products required
- specialist clothing garments to protect against specific dangers
- splashguard anti-wicking strip
- standards regulations for product quality
- station wear uniform clothing to be worn for general duties
- structural fire fighting extinguishing fire in buildings
- substrate a layer of fabric under another
T
- technical relating to practical or mechanical process
- thermal protection preventing heat penetration
- thermal value measurement of heat
- thumb digit on hand opposed to fingers
- tongue protective flap under shoe laces
- turnout fire hood head covering to protect from burning
U
- uniforms corporate clothing of a special style
- urban search and rescue carrying out search & rescue in towns & cities
- USAR abbreviation of urban search and rescue
V
- Velcro® hook & loop fastening system
- Viscose wood cellulose acetate used to make textiles (Rayon)
W
- waterproof impervious to water
- weave style of warp and weft of yarns
- welding fusing together of materials
- white colour
- wicking transporting moisture through fabrics
- wildland fire heath/scrub/forest fires
- work wear clothing for use at work
- woven manufactured with warp & weft of yarns interlaced