DIN Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment
Protective clothing for firefighters - Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting activities
Abstract
This document specifies minimum performance requirements for protective clothing designed to be worn during firefighting activities. The requirements detailed in this document cover design, heat and flame, mechanical, chemical, comfort, and visibility. This document covers the general clothing design, the minimum performance levels of the material used, the methods of test to be used to determine these performance levels, marking and information supplied by the manufacturer. This document will cover requirements for performance levels for protection based on risk assessment. This document does not cover protective clothing for wildland firefighting, specialized firefighting in a high amount of radiant heat where reflective clothing is required and/or advanced technical rescue operations dealing with hazardous chemicals, working with chainsaws and water and rope rescue. This document does not cover protection for the head, hands and feet or specific protection against other hazards e.g. chemical, biological, radiological and electrical hazards. These aspects may be covered in other European Standards.
Begin
2025-03-27
WI
00162510
Planned document number
prEN 469 rev
Responsible national committee
NA 075-05-02 AA - Protective clothing against heat and fire
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 162/WG 2 - Resistance to heat and fire of protective clothing
