
The Visibility Gap: Why Wildland Firefighters Deserve More Than Optional
Wildland fires have become larger, more frequent, and increasingly likely to require nighttime operations, yet current U.S. wildland firefighting standards do not
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As one of the only dedicated, in-house, full-service Technical Center’s in the industry, SRI Labs is light years ahead in the testing and development of high visibility reflective solutions. Our team is constantly pushing the envelope to create, refine, and perfect technologies that help people stand out. Whether it’s groundbreaking reflective materials and adhesives, or the latest in wearable innovation, we live to solve the challenges no one else can.
If no testing protocol exists, we’ll invent that, too
In an industry as dynamic as ours, SRI Labs stands at the forefront in meeting new challenges with a sophisticated array of testing equipment, instruments, processes, and capabilities. We’re able to more thoroughly examine products to better understand how they perform under real-world applications. If no test methods exist, we excel at creating new ones to meet the unique demands of specific applications.
Testing capabilities include:
At the core of SRI Labs lies a relentless drive for creative solutions to unique customer needs, issues, problems and even product questions. This customer-centric approach gives us the opportunities to push boundaries in developing better reflective product solutions, or refining existing ones to meet expanding requirements.
Innovative capabilities include:
Reflective trim performance after extreme PyroMan heat exposure
Fire service environments demand more than standard visibility testing. Reflective trim must do more than meet a specification, it must remain visible, recognizable, and intact after extreme heat exposure. At Safe Reflections, Inc., we evaluate reflective trim performance under realistic fire conditions through SRI Labs. That means teaming with NC State University and combining disciplined bench-level testing with full-scale PyroMan fire exposure analysis to understand how materials behave when the heat is real.
The importance of heat testing:
In the world of reflective safety, products change, materials change, regulations change, needs change. SRI Labs ensures our customers benefit from advanced solutions that are future-ready, providing the knowledge and technical guidance to meet industry requirements, including ANSI, ISO, UL, OEKO-TEX and many others.
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