Originally Posted By: Alex
Originally Posted By: Y_T_
...Regarding visibility in smoke, I'd have to say I don't think it would be very effective. For 2 reasons:...

The third reason - smoke particles may clutter the fine retro-reflective structure of some of the tape materials (not completely sealed), so it wouldn't reflect the light so effectively after a while. However, every firefighter's jacket I saw have the retro-reflective stripes. And logically, they should be more visible than any other color stripes on your clothes under directed light.



That's why they wear traffic vests over their turnouts when responding to a MVA.
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