Firefighter protective hood and gloves with regenerated cellulose fiber

A firefighter protective hood comprising:

• a hood-shaped structure comprising a plurality of superimposed layers, the plurality of superimposed layers comprising:
• a body-contacting layer made of a fabric of multifilament flame-retardant cellulose fibers and defining an innermost one of the plurality of superimposed layers, wherein the body-contacting layer is porous, the fabric having a porosity and wicking characteristics promoting evaporative cooling of a user when the firefighter protective hood is worn by the user, the fabric comprising:
• a first type of fibers, the first type of fibers being multifilament flame-retardant cellulose fibers, the multifilament flame-retardant cellulose fibers comprising yarns with more than one filament running a whole length of the yarns;
• and
• a second type of fibers, the second type of fibers being selected from the group consisting of meta-aramids, para-aramids, polybenzimidazole, melamine, polyamide, polyacrylonitrile and carbon fibers;
• and
• at least one outer layer extending over at least a portion of the body-contacting layer,
• wherein the fabric includes at least 75% by weight of the first type of fibers and up to 25% by weight of the second type of fibers, wherein the fabric comprises more than 0% of the second type of fibers.