Tjin

Let me just quickly mention why I was wondering about the fire resistance of the hood.

First, I completely agree with you that if the main goal is just to escape an area in town/city that has smoke, and maybe secondary heat from a fire, then the existing products would work just fine. Same thing probably goes for evacuating your own family from a burning house - so long as you get moving quickly then those hoods should do the job.

But ... we had an incident here in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago where a stopped car on the freeway was rear-ended at high speed. The impact ruptured the gas tank, and set the vehicle on fire. The mother who was driving the car managed (somehow) to open her drivers side door and pull herself to safety. However, she was unable to open the rear door of the car, and she could not free her 2-year old who was in a car seat (rear seat of vehicle). Bystanders were also unable to approach the car because of the flames, and by the time someone ran to get buckets of water it was too late. The 2-year old perished in the burning car.

Since hearing that story, I have been carrying my emergency crowbar in the back of my Jeep. So I was wondering in my mind if the safety hoods mentioned in this thread might have a chance of withstanding strong heating from a fire for about 30-45 secs ... just long enough to smash a back window of a burning car and extract a child. Seems like it would be a long shot - but it's worth contemplating.

Pete2