| If you have ever been to a large sporting event, a | | | | hard. Industrial and construction workers use them |
| wedding, a fair, or even a flea market, then you | | | | every day as protection from the heat, cold, and rain. |
| have probably seen one, walked right by and never | | | | They do not always have the best of weather |
| noticed. Tarps are everywhere and we never seem | | | | conditions in which to work in outdoors, and the tarp |
| to notice them, because they do their jobs so well. | | | | is the only building they may have on a job site. Here |
| They are normally not meant to stand out in the | | | | fire retardation becomes extremely important. They |
| crowd, but to make a quiet statement, I am here to | | | | may be welding, or dealing with flammable chemicals. |
| protect you from the weather, the heat, the cold, | | | | Tarps are also used to protect equipment that is not |
| whatever might go on outside today. Continue | | | | in use from harsh weather conditions. Some of this |
| reading and to find out the facts about fire retardant | | | | heavy equipment is quite expensive, and certainly |
| tarps in our lives. | | | | deserves the best <a rel="nofollow" |
| Prior to any exhibit involving the public, public safety | | | | onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', ' |
| is always the first concern. There are regulations that | | | | outgoing/article_exit_link']);" href=" available. As |
| and guidelines that must be met in order for an | | | | stated previously, it may be located on job sites |
| event to be held, and in those regulations, often | | | | where there are flammable liquids, or any type of |
| appears, the word fire retardant, or fire prevention | | | | construction may be in progress. |
| equipment. | | | | Tarps are a must for gatherings with large groups of |
| All tarps to be classified in this category must go | | | | people, or for job sites requiring workers to be |
| through a strict testing process. The testing process | | | | exposed to the elements for long periods of time. |
| consists of two parts, and flame and fire retardant | | | | Safety should always be the first priority when we |
| tags should be evident on any tarp that has passed | | | | are dealing with people. Tarps provide a great deal of |
| those inspections. | | | | protection from several outdoor elements, and now |
| Public events are not the only place that tarps work | | | | we can trust them to be fire retardant as well. |