of fluid impermeable materials such as neoprene and neoprene coated fabric goretex breathtex and like fabrics the fabric goretex is preferred because it has the ability to selectively pass vapors through the moisture barrier while repelling liquids that is frequently useful to a firefighter in allowing perspiration generated by the firefighter to be diffused through the moisture barrier as an aid to the comfort and minimum stress to which the firefighter is subjected similarly thermal liners are well known to those skilled in the art and generally include one or more layers of heat resistant insulative fabrics such as aralite fabrics nomex fabrics and the like such fabrics are known to possess good thermal protective performance and thus serve to protect the firefighter against high temperature which the firefighter might encounter in the course of his work the interior of the outer shell including the features of the present invention are illustrated in fig4 of the drawing fig4 illustrates the outer garment which has been opened to expose the internal portions of the outer shell within the coat each of the plackets 20 and 22 are illustrated and include a facing 56 and 58 respectively in the form of strips of fabric positioned on the interior of the outer shell in a strip along the plackets 20 and 22 underlying in the preferred embodiment of the invention the facings 56 and 58 are strips 60 and 62 of a moisture resistant material such as the material used in forming the moisture barrier the strip 60 and 62 are stitched along their periphery to the outer shell fabric and the facing fabric along the leading edges of.