alone or mixed with non flame resistant non antimicrobial fibers may be formed into antimicrobial yarn which is then woven with flame resistant yarn such as that made with flame resistant fibers to form a flame resistant antimicrobial fabric in an alternative and preferable embodiment the antimicrobial fibers are mixed with flame resistant fibers and the fiber mixture is formed into flame resistant antimicrobial yarn this yarn is then woven or knitted to form the desired flame resistant antimicrobial fabric one embodiment of the fabric of this invention has a weight within the range of 2 20 ounces per square yard and more preferably 3 7 5 ounces per square yard inclusive suitable flame resistant fibers include but are not limited to para aramid fibers meta aramid fibers and other inherently flame resistant fibers including but not limited to fr rayon polybenzoxazole pbo polybenzimidazole pbi melamine polyamide polyimide polyimideamide modacrylic and polypyridobisimidazole pipd examples of suitable para aramid fibers include but are not limited to fibers available under the trademarks kevlar u00ae dupont technora u00ae and twaron u00ae teijin examples of suitable meta aramid fibers include but are not limited to fibers available under the tradenames nomex t 450 u00ae 100 meta aramid nomex 455 u00ae a blend of 95 nomex u00ae and 5 kevlar u00ae and nomex t 4620 a blend of 93 nomex u00ae 5 kevlar u00ae and.