Flammability of current backpacking materials

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that silnylon burns very readily and is hard to extinguish. I took that as another reason to cook far away from the shelters.

Also saw on the marketing copy of a wool hoodie that it can be worn near a campfire, so that implies there is some kind of data around the relative flammability of these materials.

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that silnylon burns very readily and is hard to extinguish.
Yeah?
I tried lighting some silnylon and failed.
As the silicone polymer which coats the nylon fabric does not burn very easily, getting a thin film of it alight could be a mite tricky.

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It varies a lot – often because many fabrics have fire retardant coatings. With or without that you can get very different outcomes.

Please note: in general fire retardant coatings have been made by just one company. Guess who was urging the whole mandate for such coatings?
Also please note: the coatings are retardants: they do not prevent fires. Instead, the treated fabrics can still burn, and when burning they emit a lot of noxious toxic fumes.
This is why there have been some very determined efforts in some States get rid of the whole idea: in fact to protect consumers!

Yes, I have quite a large file on the subject.

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