| GARMENT TYPES | PERFORMANCE CLASS | |
| Type O (Off-Road) For off-road, indoors or controlled environments, parking lots, festivals, oil & gas, warehouses/factories. |
Class 1 Minimum amount of high-visibility materials needed to differentiate the wearer from non-complex work environments. |
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| Type R (Roadway) For environments with moving traffic or equipment traffic. Roadway, construction, transportation, traffic-control zones, DOT, airport ramp workers. |
Class 2 Additional amount of high-visibility materials allow for better definition of the human form. |
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| Type P (Public Safety) For environments with moving traffic or equipment traffic, emergency/incident response, police, fire, EMS only. |
Class 3 Greatest amount of high-visibility materials to allow for best definition of the human form in both complex backgrounds and through a full range of movement. |
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| Supplemental Items Mesh pants, shorts, rain pants, and bib pants. |
Class E Garments that do not qualify as Class 1-3 when worn alone, but when a Class E item is worn with a Class 2 or Class 3 garment, the overall classification of the ensemble is Class 3. |
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