A personal protection system includes a headband adapted to be worn around the head of an individual and an assembly mounted to the headband for holding a face shield in front of the face of the individual. A cooling strip is mounted to the headband. The cooling strip includes at least one thermoelectric cooling module with a heat absorbing surface and a heat discharging surface, and a heat sink that extends outwardly from the heat discharging surface of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module. The headband and the heat sink are formed with complementary features for holding the cooling strip to the headband without supplemental fasteners.