How Standards Set Up the Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner Table
Setting your dining room table for Thanksgiving involves choosing the right plate, spoon, wine glass, table cloth, napkins, and seasonal décor. Fortunately, standards serve as…
Spooky Halloween Traditions & What Standards Say About Them
While Halloween is all about bending the rules—costumes, frights, tricks—there is a serious side hiding in the shadows: safety and quality standards. SDOs (Standard Developing…
ISO 11612:2015—Clothing To Protect Against Heat And Flame
For many professionals, flame-resistant (FR) clothing is an essential tool of the job. High-quality, specially engineered FR garments protect the wearer from burns caused by…
ASTM E84-23: Surface Burning Of Building Materials
Fire fighting was a sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Teams of professional and volunteer firefighters competed, and they were required to…
ASTM F1506-22: Flame Resistant, Electric Arc Rated Clothing
In some workplaces, exposed skin can mean skin exposed to danger. In fact, under certain conditions, the damage can go beyond subcutaneous and even be…