Material Selection Guide

Fire-Dex garments allow you to get the most out of your fire gear by offering a wide variety of outershells, thermal liners and moisture barriers.  

To discover which composite offers the TPP/THL you need to stay safe, visit FireWriter2 and begin building your own custom fire fighter gear.

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ARMOR™ APSafety Components Logo

Lightweight, flexible and strong. Content - 80% NOMEX®/KEVLAR® (40/60) blend spun yarn with 20% KEVLAR® filament yarn. Material Weight - 6.5oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Gold
  • Armor AP outer shell black Black
  • Khaki

Outer Shell

AGILITY™

A new fabric offering ease of movement with TenCate Enforce Technology. Content - KEVLAR® / NOMEX® / PBO blend. Material Weight - 6.6 oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Light Gold
  • Dark Gold
  • Black/Gold

ARMOR™ APSafety Components Logo

Lightweight, flexible and strong. Content - 80% NOMEX®/KEVLAR® (40/60) blend spun yarn with 20% KEVLAR® filament yarn. Material Weight - 6.5oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Gold
  • Armor AP outer shell black Black
  • Khaki

GEMINI™ XT

Great strength, thermal stability, and superior abrasion resistance. Content - 60% KEVLAR® /40% PBI®. Material Weight - 7.5oz/yd2. Plain weave reinforced with high strength filament.
  • Gold
  • Black

KOMBAT™ FLEX

Light yet strong, greater ease of movement and more flexibility. Content - 70% PBI® /KEVLAR® blend spun yarn with 30% KEVLAR® filament yarn. Material Weight - 6.9oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Gold
  • Black

NOMEX® IIIADuPont Nomex Kevlar Logo

Proven Economical Protection. Content - 93% NOMEX®, 5% KEVLAR®, 2% Anti-Static blend spun yarn. Material Weight - 7.5 oz/yd2. Plain weave.
  • Nomex Fabric in Yellow Yellow
  • Nomex Fabric in Tan Tan
  • Nomex Fabric in Black Black
  • Nomex Fabric in White White
  • Nomex Fabric in Red Red
  • Nomex Fabric in Navy Blue Navy

PBI MAX® 6ozSafety Components Logo

Extremely flexible, lighter weight, and strong. Content - 70% PBI®/ KEVLAR® blend spun yarn with 30% KEVLAR® filament yarn. Material Weight - 6.0oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Gold
  • Black

PBI MAX® 7ozSafety Components Logo

Extremely flexible, lighter weight, and strong. Content - 70% PBI®/ KEVLAR® blend spun yarn with 30% KEVLAR® filament yarn. Material Weight - 7.0oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Gold
  • Black

PIONEER™

A new, innovative, lightweight twill weave with TenCate Enforce Technology. Content - KEVLAR®/ NOMEX®. Material Weight - 6.6 oz/yd2. Twill weave.
  • Gold
  • Khaki
  • Yellow
  • Black

Thermal Liners

  • Defender M SL2 Thermal Liner

    DEFENDER™ M ELITE NP

    Face Cloth : LENZING FR®/Aramid/Nylon blend spun yarn, plain weave. Available in brass.

    Batting : 1 layer aramid needle punch

    Total Weight : 7.0 oz/yd2

  • Defender M SL2

    DEFENDER™ M SL2i

    Face Cloth : LENZING FR®/Para-aramid/Nylon blend spun yarn, plain weave. Available in camo.

    Batting : 2 layers of NOMEX® non-woven spunlace

    Total Weight : 7.8 oz/yd2

  • Glide Ice 2-layer Thermal Liner

    GLIDE ICE™ 2-LAYER

    Face Cloth : 60% NOMEX® filament yarn with 40% NOMEX®/LENZING FR® blend spun yarn, twill weave

    Batting : 2 layers of NOMEX® E89™ spunlace (1 layer each of 2.3 and 1.5 oz/yd2)

    Total Weight : 7.4 oz/yd2

  • Milliken ResQ 8001 Thermal Liner

    Milliken® ResQ™ 8001

    Face Cloth : 100% spun Nomex® 

    Batting : 2 layers of spunlace E-89


    Total Weight : 7.1 oz/yd2

  • OMNIQuilt®

    Face Cloth : Woven Nomex® fabric
    Batting : Hydro-entangled nonwoven fabric composed of Basofil®, meta-aramid, and para-aramid fibers 
    Total Weight : 6.2 oz/yd2

  • Q-8™

    Face Cloth : Meta-aramid, FR modacrylic (spun)

    Batting : Aramid, FR rayon, needle-punch, non-woven

    Total Weight : 8.0 oz/yd2

  • QUANTUM 3D™ SL2i

    Face Cloth : KEVLAR® filament yarn with LENZING FR®/KEVLAR®/Nylon spun yarn, check weave

    Batting : NOMEX®/KEVLAR® blend non-woven spunlace (1 layer 2.3 oz/ yd2 with waffle design and 1 layer 1.5 oz/yd2)

    Total Weight : 7.7 oz/yd2

  • QUANTUM 4I™ SL2i

    Face Cloth : KEVLAR® filament yarn with LENZING FR®/KEVLAR®/Nylon spun fibers, check weave

    Batting : Two layers of aperture PBI®G2™ spun lace

    Total Weight : 7.0 oz/yd2

  • Titanium SL2i

    TITANIUM™

    Face Cloth : Filament Nomex® and COOLDERM™ technology

    Batting : 2-layer, spun lace

    Total Weight : 7.7 oz/yd2

Moisture Barriers

  • STEDAIR® 3000

    Substrate : NOMEX® non-woven spun lace

    Film : Bi-component ePTFE membrane

    Total Weight : 5.2 oz/yd2

    Supplier Warranty : 3 years

  • STEDAIR® 4000

    Substrate : NOMEX® non-woven pajama check

    Film : Bi-component ePTFE membrane

    Total Weight : 5.5 oz/yd2

    Supplier Warranty : 4 years

  • STEDAIR® GOLD

    Substrate : PBI®/NOMEX® blend non-woven spun lace

    Film : Bi-component ePTFE membrane

    Total Weight : 5.2 oz/yd2

    Supplier Warranty : 4 years

  • CROSSTECH® BLACK

    Substrate : NOMEX® fabric woven from spun fibers (pajama check)

    Membrane: Enhanced bicomponent GORE™ ePTFE film

    Total Weight : 4.7 oz/yd2

    Supplier Warranty : 5 years

  • CROSSTECH® 3-Layer

    Substrate : NOMEX® fabric woven from spun fibers (pajama check on front, proprietary weave on back)

    Membrane: Enhanced bicomponent GORE™ ePTFE film

    Total Weight : 7.0 oz/yd2

    Supplier Warranty : 7 years

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