Method of rescuing a person from a fire emergency

A method for rescuing a person from a fire emergency comprising:

• providing a fire protection garment in a container means, the fire protection garment comprising
• a hood portion shaped to overlie the head of at least one user;
• a body portion depending from the hood portion and formed with an essentially downwardly extending entrance opening in the front thereof and an open bottom, the interior of said fire protection garment being large enough to protect two adult persons from being exposed to heat and flames;
• internal hand receiving pockets connected to said body portion, said hand receiving pockets being inaccessible from the exterior of the garment;
• wherein at least said hood and body portions and said hand receiving pockets are formed of a fabric adapted to retain a fire retarding fluid during use and wherein the container contains a sufficient quantity of said fire retarding fluid to render the fire protection garment resistant to fire;
• removing the fire protection garment from the cintainer means;
• donning the fire protection garment so as to enclose said user within the fire protection garment;
• entering a fire emergency area wherein a person is endangered by the fire emergency;
• opening the fire protection garment;
• enclosing said person together with said user within the fire protection garment;
• and
• escaping from the fire emergency area with said person and said user both enclosed within the fire protection garment.