Specifications include, but are not limited to: Coat Construction: The coat shall be designed to provide maximum functionality and mobility and relieve firefighter working stress. The Design shall incorporate an arms forward pattern designed to accommodate the firefighter in their real working position. The pattern shall include underarm gussets and darts in the elbows for unrestricted movement. The shoulder seams on shell and liner shall be graded by chest size so that the seam is placed close to the collar in a modified Raglan pattern to mimic the natural location of the shoulder joint and minimize coat rise and extend range of motion when wearing an air pack. The sleeves shall be two-panel construction. The coat sleeve shall be naturally tapered designed and manufactured to provide unrestricted movement while bending the arm. The outer shell shall include four darts at the elbow area - two above and two below the natural bend of the elbow along the sleeve seams. The thermal/moisture barrier liner shall be specially designed to work in conjunction with the shell with a fuller cut pattern. The body of the shell and liner shall be four-panel construction. The front two panels of shell and liner shall extend up to the top of the collar and be an integral part of the collar in a Shawl collar design. All seams joining the main body panels shall be felled and double needle lock stitched. The stitch type shall be a 301, double needle lockstitch as defined by Federal Standard 751a and seam type LSC-2 as defined by Federal Standard 751a, ensuring that all stitches penetrate four layers of cloth at the joining. All seams shall be sewn with an average of nine stitches per inch. All thread shall be 100% Tex 80 Nomex thread. No chain stitching shall be allowed due to the chance of unraveling if one stitch is broken. Coat sizing shall be available in 2” increments in chest and 1” increments in sleeve. The length is measured from the collar seam to the bottom of the hem at the rear of the coat. Stock or Alpha sizing is unacceptable.; Standard Thermal Reinforcement: Shoulders and elbows shall include a fourth layer of protective thermal material in addition to the already present three layers of shell, thermal and moisture barriers. A patch of thermal lining material shall be sewn to the thermal liner at the top of the shoulders and at the elbows to provide enhanced thermal protection and to meet NFPA 1971 CCHR requirements for those areas. Additionally, thermal material shall be included on the liner behind all sewn trim, reinforcements and patches on the sleeves to meet requirements of Stored Energy test.; Sleeves and Underarm Gussets: The set-in, two panel sleeves shall incorporate a tapered design shaped to follow the natural contour of the arm. Each coat shall incorporate an underarm gusset in all three layers between the underside of the sleeve and the body of the coat. This rounded shaped gusset shall measure approximately 7" wide X 12" long (graded to coat size). The attachment point of the sleeves to the coat body panels at the top of the shoulder must be 2”- 4” from the outside of the shoulder when standing with the arms at rest at the side of the fire fighter. This moves the coat sleeve interface to the natural bend point of the body providing optimal mobility when donning an SCBA and minimizing coat rise. The sleeve panels shall be sewn together using seam type 301, double needle lock stitch. The outseam of the shell shall be felled and double needle lock stitched. The under seam and underarm gusset seams of the shell shall be double needle serged, then folded and top stitched with double needle lock stitching to reduce thread abrasion.
