This European Standard specifies minimum levels of performance requirements for protective clothing against heat and fire designed to be worn during firefighting operations, except protective clothing that is worn during fighting wildland fires (EN 15614) or specialized firefighting (EN 1486).<\/p>\n
Within this European Standard, two performance levels are given for performance requirements 6.3, 6.4, 6.12 and 6.13:<\/p>\n
thermal protection level two (marked with X2) is the higher level;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
thermal level one (marked with X1) is the lower level.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This European Standard covers the general clothing design, the minimum performance levels of the materials used, the methods of test to be used to determine these performance levels, and marking and information supplied by the manufacturer.<\/p>\n
Neither does this European Standard cover the protection against other hazards, such as chemical, electrical, biological, radiological or high-visibility hazards, nor does it cover the protection for the head, hands or feet. These aspects may be covered in other European Standards. However, the event of small accidental splashes of chemicals or flammable liquids is covered by this standard.<\/p>\n
| PDF Pages<\/th>\n | PDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4<\/td>\n | Contents Page <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 6<\/td>\n | Foreword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 8<\/td>\n | Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 9<\/td>\n | 1 Scope 2 Normative references <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 10<\/td>\n | 3 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 13<\/td>\n | 4 General clothing design 4.1 General 4.2 Size designation 4.3 Type of clothing 4.4 Interface areas 4.5 Anti-wicking barrier 4.6 Drain mesh material 4.7 Hardware <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 14<\/td>\n | 4.8 Integrated personal protective equipment (PPE) 4.9 Closure system 4.10 Retroreflective\/fluorescent material 5 Sampling and pre-treatment 5.1 Sampling 5.2 Pre-treatment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 15<\/td>\n | 5.3 Finishing deterioration by cleaning 5.4 Conditioning 6 Physical requirements 6.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 16<\/td>\n | Table 1 \u2014Performance requirements and marking codes 6.2 Flame spread <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 17<\/td>\n | 6.3 Heat transfer \u2013 Flame (marked with X1 or X2) Table 2 \u2014 Heat transfer (flame) 6.4 Heat transfer \u2013 Radiation (marked with X1 or X2) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 18<\/td>\n | Table 3 \u2014 Heat transfer (radiation) 6.5 Residual tensile strength of material when exposed to radiant heat 6.6 Heat resistance 6.7 Tensile strength 6.8 Tear strength 6.9 Surface wetting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 19<\/td>\n | 6.10 Dimensional change 6.11 Resistance to penetration by liquid chemicals Table 4 \u2014 Chemical penetration testing 6.12 Resistance to water penetration (marked with Y1 or Y2) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 20<\/td>\n | 6.13 Water vapour resistance (marked with Z1 or Z2) 6.14 Visibility material requirements 6.14.1 Area of visibility material 6.14.2 Photometric requirements 6.15 Additional test on garment (optional) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 21<\/td>\n | 7 Marking Figure 1 \u2014Graphical symbol ISO 7000:\u2014, 2418 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 22<\/td>\n | 8 Information supplied by the manufacturer <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 23<\/td>\n | Annex A (normative) Uncertainty of measurement <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 24<\/td>\n | Annex B (normative) Determination of performance and rating classification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 25<\/td>\n | Annex C (normative) Significant technical changes between this document and the previous edition EN 469:2005 Table C.1 \u2014 Significant technical changes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 26<\/td>\n | Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 89\/686\/EEC Table ZA \u2014 Correspondence between this European Standard and Directive 89\/686\/EEC <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 27<\/td>\n | Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Protective clothing for firefighters. Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting<\/b><\/p>\n |