EN 469:2020/prA1

Protective clothing for firefighters - Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting activities

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 makes distinction between firefighting activities dividing them into two performance levels based on a risk assessment:
-   Level 1: specifies the minimum requirements for firefighting clothing involving work associated with outdoor firefighting and their support activities, taking into account the environments and conditions of the expected operational scenarios of such firefighting activities.
The level 1 is not applicable for protection against risks encountered in fighting fires or rescue from fire activities in structures, unless combined to a level 2 or other specialized PPE.
-   Level 2: specifies the minimum requirements for firefighting clothing for risks encountered in fighting fires and rescue from fire in structures.
The distinction between Level 1 and Level 2 clothing is restricted to the requirements for heat and flame (X1 or X2 - Heat and Flame). These levels of protection can be reached by a single garment or a combination of separate garments.
Additional marking provides two grades of protection for Y (protection against water penetration) and Z (water vapour resistance). It is essential that these performance grades are indicated on the marking of the clothing and explained in the instructions for use.
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.

Schutzkleidung für die Feuerwehr - Leistungsanforderungen für Schutzkleidung für Tätigkeiten der Feuerwehr

Habillement de protection pour sapeurs-pompiers - Exigences de performance pour les vêtements de protection pour la lutte contre l'incendie

Zaščitna obleka za gasilce - Zahtevane lastnosti za zaščitno obleko pri gašenju požara - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 10-Sep-2023
• ICS: 13.340.10 - Protective clothing
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 162 - Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 162/WG 2 - Resistance to heat and fire of protective clothing
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 23-Apr-2022
• Due Date: 17-Mar-2022
• Completion Date: 23-Apr-2022
• Directive: 2016/425 - Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC
• Mandate: M/571 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 19.11.2020 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regards personal protective equipment in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Ref Project: SIST EN 469:2020/oprA1:2022 - Protective clothing for firefighters - Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting activities

Relations

• Amends: EN 469:2020 - Protective clothing for firefighters - Performance requirements for protective clothing for firefighting activities
• Effective Date: 09-Jun-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 469:2020/oprA1:2022
01-marec-2022
Zaščitna obleka za gasilce - Zahtevane lastnosti za zaščitno obleko pri gašenju
požara - Dopolnilo A1
Protective clothing for firefighters - Performance requirements for protective clothing for
firefighting activities
Schutzkleidung für die Feuerwehr - Leistungsanforderungen für Schutzkleidung für
Tätigkeiten der Feuerwehr
Habillement de protection pour sapeurs-pompiers - Exigences de performance pour les
vêtements de protection pour la lutte contre l'incendie
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 469:2020/prA1
ICS:
13.220.10 Gašenje požara Fire-fighting
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
SIST EN 469:2020/oprA1:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 469:2020
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
January 2022
ICS 13.340.10
English Version

Protective clothing for firefighters - Performance
requirements for protective clothing for firefighting
activities
Habillement de protection pour sapeurs-pompiers - Schutzkleidung für die Feuerwehr -
Exigences de performance pour les vêtements de Leistungsanforderungen für Schutzkleidung für
protection pour la lutte contre l'incendie Tätigkeiten der Feuerwehr
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 162.

This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 469:2020. If this draft becomes an amendment,
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of
this amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Modifications to Clause 3, "Terms and definitions" . 4
2 Modification to 4.3.4, "Closure system" . 4
3 Modification to 4.3.5, "External pockets" . 4
4 Modification to 4.3.11, "Drain mesh" . 4
5 Modification to 4.3.13, "Devices integrated into firefighting garments" . 4
6 Modification to 5.3, "Pre-treatment" . 4
7 Modification to 5.4, "Deterioration of repellency by cleaning" . 4
8 Modification to Clause 6, "Performance requirements" . 5
9 Modification to 6.2.1.1, "Flame spread test" . 6
10 Modification to 6.2.1.3, "Heat transfer – Flame (marked with X1 or X2)".
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