Category 1

FR Garments and PPE Required: Safety glasses, hard hat, FR shirt and pants (or FR coveralls), leather protective
gloves, and leather shoes
Calories per cm: 5
Minimum ATPV: 4

Category 2
FR Garments and PPE Required: Safety glasses or goggles, hearing protection, hard hat, cotton underwear, FR
shirt and pants (or FR coveralls), arc rated face shield (or arc flash hood), leather gloves, and leather shoes
Calories per cm: 8
Minimum ATPV: 8

*Please note that a variation on this level, Category 2*, has the same PPE requirements, with the exception that an
arc flash hood must be worn at all times, with no option to use a face shield instead.

Category 3
FR Garments and PPE Required: Safety glasses or goggles, hearing protection, hard hat, cotton underwear, FR
shirt and pants, FR coveralls (in addition to FR shirt and pants), arc flash hood, leather gloves, and leather shoes
Calories per cm: 25
Minimum ATPV: 25

Category 4
FR Garments and PPE Required: Safety glasses or goggles, hearing protection, hard hat, cotton underwear, FR
shirt and pants, FR coveralls (in addition to FR shirt and pants), full flash suit with hood, leather gloves, and leather
shoes
Calories per cm: 40
Minimum ATPV: 40