"These synthetics provide flash protection, in that they will not melt to the skin"

Pete - thanks for the helpful clarification.
Those particular words were sobering :-)

Les - I do have biker gear. Fire might destroy the gear, but I wonder how fast? Seems like that if you had a thick jacket & pants, plus Nomex gloves (with insulation) and some reasonable face protection, the rescue I'm describing might be possible. Of course - it's easy to say all this when sitting in front of a computer. But it's probably a whole different story at the accident scene.

Pete2