Protective clothing for firefighters – Performance requirements for protective clothing for technical rescue. Equivalence with EN 16689:2017.
This standard indicates the minimum requirements for protective clothing for technical rescues, taking into account that, during an incident, there may be different hazards than those included in this standard (chemical, biological, electrical, radiological). In these cases, it may be necessary to wear more appropriate protective equipment.
Technical rescues involve work in different environments and conditions where protection from heat, limited flames, visibility, and mechanical hazards is required.
This standard does not apply to clothing used for firefighting, wildfire or fire rescue, handling hazardous chemicals, working with chainsaws, and water and rope rescues, unless combined with other specialized PPE.
This standard does not cover the protection of hands, feet and head, as well as chemical, radiological and electrical hazards.
-The test will be performed within 5 minutes of conditioning.
-Limited flame spread and heat transfer testing will be performed before and after pre-treatment
-The dimensional change test will only be performed after 5 wash cycles.
-In case the manufacturer does not indicate the washing cycles, by default the tests will be carried out at 5 cycles.
-Samples will be conditioned for at least 24 hours at 20 ± 2ºC with a relative humidity of 65 ± 5%
-According to Procedure A of EN ISO 15025.
-Materials must meet flame spread index 3 of EN ISO 14116:2016.
-In the case of a clothing set consisting of separate garments, the outer surface and inner lining of each garment in the set must be tested.
-If the garment has cuffs, these must be analysed separately to achieve a flame index of 3 according to EN ISO 14116:2015.
-In the case of retroreflective materials applied to the outermost surface of the garment, they will adhere to the outermost layer of the garment for analysis.
-According to EN ISO 6942 with a heat flux density of 20 kW/m2. Component assembly or garment assembly must achieve RHTI24 ≥ 7.0s
-The result will be rounded to one decimal place and ranked according to the lowest single result.
-The outer material must be analysed in accordance with EN ISO 13934-1 for woven textiles or Method 1 of EN ISO 1421 for coated textiles, both of which provide for a break ≥ 450N in both directions.
-The main seams will be analysed according to EN ISO 13935-2 with a maximum breaking force of ≥ 225 N.
-The outer material should offer ≥ 25N tear resistance. Uncoated fabrics must be manufactured in accordance with EN ISO 13937-2 and coated fabrics in accordance with Method B of EN ISO 4674-1.
-According to EN ISO 12947-2 at 12 kPa with a merino wool abrasive. The outer material should reach a minimum of 20000 cycles, with the end point being two broken wires.
-If the manufacturer declares this parameter, the outer material will be analysed in accordance with EN ISO 4920 at 20 ºC obtaining a spray index ≥ 4 reporting the lowest individual value.
-This test should be performed even if the garment has a moisture barrier.
-You must comply with EN 1149-5 if necessary, by performing a full assessment on a full garment.
-It must not exceed 3% in length or width according to ±according to EN ISO 5077. In the case of knitted fabrics, the limit is ± 5%.
-In the case of a set of materials, the combination must be analyzed.
-Selon la norme EN ISO 11092.
-Requis ≤ 20 m2 Pa/W
-Visibility materials and moisture barriers are excluded from this requirement.
8.RESISTANCE TO PENETRATION OF BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS
-Selon la norme ISO 16604.
-According to EN 20471 class 2.
– Selon EN ISO 13938-1 or EN ISO 13938-2
-Requirement: 100 kPa for a 50 cm2 test area or 200 kPa for a 7.3 cm2 test area
