The new NASCAR rule that goes into effect Friday requiring over-the-wall crewmen to wear extensive fireproof clothing comes with concerns about dehydration, mobility and peripheral vision.

Fire-resistant clothing is a hot choice. Here’s how it works. PyroMan helps this company test the gear that soldiers wear to protect themselves from intense flames. By Rob Verger.

Amy Savage built an oilfield business expected to sell over $3 million in hard hats, fireproof clothing and other safety equipment this year. Oil booms have always been transitory affairs. In 1859 ...

Demand is rising for "frackwear"—sturdy shoes and fire-resistant clothes— that oil and gas workers can wear to protect themselves from wires and explosions, Shelly Banjo reports on MoneyBeat ...

WILLISTON, N.D. -- When Jim Bacon and Bryan Johnson came to North Dakota to see what the oil boom was all about, one thing they saw was a need for fire-resistant clothing. Bacon, a former sales ...