[Land-speed] Fire Suit Recertification

[Rich Fox]

When I bought my first fire suit I was looking at a blown front engined car
over 175. As many are. At that time the best suit was a SFI 3.2.  Today there
is no such number. The corresponding number is 3.2A/20. This, I guess, came
about as SFI gathered experience with real world incidents. Any way a 3.2 suit
was no longer accepted and my suit could not be upgraded to 3.2A/20 or
anything else at a feasible cost. About that time I had become quite concerned
about obese drivers and how they effect seat belt function. You can take the
cushion out of the seat padding but not out of the driver. So I sold my old
suit to a Hot Rod Shop to use in a display and gave it up.

 

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, drmayf <drmayf at mayfco.com> wrote:


From: drmayf <drmayf at mayfco.com>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fire Suit Recertification
To: "Rich Fox" <v4gmr at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 9:48 AM


What made it unacceptable? And to whom?  Confusing since there is currenly no
requirement to be recerted. 

mayf
Rich Fox wrote:




The number on my suit was no longer acceptable. It wasn't time as such but
progress that timed it out.

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, drmayf <drmayf at mayfco.com> wrote:


From: drmayf <drmayf at mayfco.com>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fire Suit Recertification
To: "Meierle, Michael D (Mike)" <mike.meierle at alcatel-lucent.com>
Cc: "'landspeed at autox.team.net'" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 6:24 AM


All, an interesting question, this one about recert of fire suits.  Is
there a requirement?  Or is it left to the owner to decide, when if
ever, to recert?  I  looked but did not see any..

mayf