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The moisture barrier found in firefighting gear acts to protect from the effects of steam. Firefighting introduces a massive amount of water into some very hot spaces and surfaces, and the resulting steam generated would quickly par - boil a firefighter if not for the gear we wear. Even with the gear, you can really feel it when the 300 degree floor level heat in a house fire changes instantly from dry heat to a sauna on steroids when you open that nozzle.

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