SIST EN 1869:2019
(Main)Fire blankets
Fire blankets
This document specifies requirements for fire blankets which are not re-usable and that are intended for use by one person.
It specifies requirements for fire blankets usable to control small fires. It also limits the risk of electric shock in case of unintentional use on live electrical equipment.
Fire blankets that are large enough are considered suitable to be used for smothering persons whose clothes are on fire.
Loeschdecken
Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen an Löschdecken fest, die nicht wiederverwendbar sind und die zur Benutzung durch eine einzelne Person bestimmt sind.
Es legt Anforderungen an Löschdecken fest, die zur Bekämpfung kleiner Brände eingesetzt werden. Außerdem begrenzt es das Risiko eines elektrischen Schlags bei unbeabsichtigtem Einsatz in Verbindung mit spannungsführender elektrischer Ausrüstung.
Löschdecken von ausreichender Größe gelten als geeignet, um damit die brennende Kleidung an Personen zu löschen.
Couvertures anti-feu
This document specifies requirements for fire blankets which are not re-usable and that are intended for use by one person.
It specifies requirements for fire blankets usable to control small fires. It also limits the risk of electric shock in case of unintentional use on live electrical equipment.
Fire blankets that are large enough are considered suitable to be used for smothering persons whose clothes are on fire.
Požarne odeje
Ta dokument določa zahteve za požarne odeje, ki niso za večkratno uporabo in so namenjene za uporabo pri eni sami osebi.
Določa zahteve za požarne odeje, ki so uporabne za obvladovanje manjših požarov. Prav tako omejuje tveganje za električni udar v primeru nenamerne uporabe na električni opremi pod napetostjo.
Dovolj velike požarne odeje so primerne za uporabo pri gašenju oseb, katerih oblačila gorijo.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 1869:2019
01-oktober-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 1869:1997
Požarne odeje
Fire blankets
Loeschdecken
Couvertures anti-feu
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1869:2019
ICS:
13.220.10 Gašenje požara Fire-fighting
SIST EN 1869:2019 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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SIST EN 1869:2019
EN 1869
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.220.10 Supersedes EN 1869:1997
English Version
Fire blankets
Couvertures anti-feu Löschdecken
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 May 2019.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists 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.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATIO N
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUN G
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 1869:2019 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Construction . 5
5 General performance. 6
6 Fire performance . 7
7 Marking . 7
8 Minimum test report content for each tested fire blanket . 8
Annex A (normative) Test conditions . 9
Annex B (normative) Electrical resistance test. 10
B.1 Principle . 10
B.2 Apparatus . 10
B.3 Procedure . 10
Annex C (normative) Cooking oil fire performance test . 11
C.1 Materials and apparatus . 11
C.2 Procedure . 12
Annex D (normative) Heptane fire performance test . 15
D.1 Materials and apparatus . 15
D.1.1 Fuel . 15
D.1.2 Tray . 15
D.1.3 Table . 15
D.2 Procedure . 16
Bibliography . 18
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European foreword
This document (EN 1869:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 70 “Manual means
of firefighting equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2020, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2020.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 1869:1997.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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 the
United Kingdom.
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Introduction
Fire blankets are one of the means for fighting certain type of small fires at their initial stage.
This document assesses their suitability for use and specifies requirements for their firefighting
performance, construction, marking, packaging and preservation.
Some materials used for fire blankets may be degraded or even burn on prolonged contact with flame,
but the committee consider that this should not restrict the use, for the purposes described here, of
materials which meet the performance requirements of this document.
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1 Scope
This document specifies requirements for fire blankets which are not reusable and that are intended for
use by one person.
It specifies requirements for fire blankets usable to control small fires. It also limits the risk of electric
shock in case of unintentional use on live electrical equipment.
Fire blankets that are large enough are considered suitable to be used for smothering persons whose
clothes are on fire.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
fire blanket
flexible sheet of material intended to be used to extinguish small fires by smothering
3.2
type
fire blanket material combined with a given size
3.3
model
fire blanket type combined with a given container
4 Construction
4.1 All samples shall be conditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1 and A.5 prior to testing.
4.2 The fire blanket shall be made of one or more sheets of material assembled together.
4.3 The size of each sheet shall be the same as the size of the entire blanket.
The two sides shall be similar in performance.
4.4 There shall be no seams in the fire blanket except as follows:
a) where the hand-holding devices are fixed;
b) at any edge;
c) applying layers together.
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4.5 Hand holding devices shall:
a) not comprise loops;
b) be self-extinguishing after being subjected for 5 s to a gas flame located below at 2 cm from the
material surface. The flame generated by a pocket lighter is suitable for the purpose;
c) not become detached from the fire blanket during any of the testing specified in this document.
4.6 Fire blankets shall be rectangular or square and no edge shall be less than 1,0 m and no more
than 1,8 m.
Only fire blankets of minimum size 1,2 m × 1,8 m are considered suitable for smothering persons whose
clothes are on fire.
4.7 The total mass of any fire blanket (without its container) shall not exceed 4,5 kg.
4.8 A fire blanket shall be packed in a protective container.
NOTE Container can be flexible or rigid material.
The container shall be designed, such that it does not damage the fire blanket at any time (during
installation, inspection or use).
4.9 The container shall be fitted with a visible means of indicating whether the blanket is inside.
NOTE This requirement is fulfilled where hand holding device(s) is (are) visible outside of the container.
4.10 The edges of the fire blankets shall not fray or tear.
4.11 Protection against microorganism or insect should be taken into consideration, either through
material treatment or via suitable container design.
5 General performance
5.1 Except for 5.3, all samples shall be conditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1, A.2 and A.5 prior
to testing.
5.2 Fire blankets shall be capable of being rolled completely around a (50 ± 2) mm diameter bar, and
along any axes parallel to adjacent sides, without permanent deformation.
5.3 For this test, 3 samples shall be in their original supply conditions and accordingly shall be
preconditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1 and A.5 prior to testing.
The force required to remove the fire blanket from the container fitted with its indicative device shall
not exceed 80 N.
When stowed or packed in the container in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, it shall be
possible for a fire blanket to be taken from the stowed position, unfolded and held ready for use in not
more than 4 s.
5.4 When tested in accordance with Annex B, the electrical resistance of the blanket material shall be
not less than 1 MΩ at any point.
5.5 The edges of the fire blankets shall not fray or tear during any of the tests specified in Annexes A
to D.
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6 Fire performance
6.1 All samples shall be conditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1 to A.4 prior to testing.
6.2 Each type of fire blanket shall be capable of extinguishing the cooking oil fire and the heptane fire
as described in Annex C and Annex D.
6.3 The fire blanket shall remain whole and not ignite during the tests.
6.4 Testing for each fire blanket mater
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 1869:2018
01-september-2018
Požarne odeje
Fire blankets
Loeschdecken
Couvertures anti-feu
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1869
ICS:
13.220.10 Gašenje požara Fire-fighting
oSIST prEN 1869:2018 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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oSIST prEN 1869:2018
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 1869
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2018
ICS 13.220.10 Will supersede EN 1869:1997
English Version
Fire blankets
Couvertures anti-feu Loeschdecken
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 70.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 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.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 1869:2018 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Construction . 5
5 Characteristics . 6
6 Fire performance . 7
7 Marking . 7
8 Points to be recorded for each tested fire blanket . 8
Annex A (normative) Test conditions . 9
Annex B (normative) Electrical resistance test. 10
B.1 Principle . 10
B.2 Apparatus . 10
B.3 Procedure . 10
Annex C (normative) Cooking oil fire performance test . 12
C.1 Materials and apparatus . 12
C.2 Procedure . 13
Annex D (normative) Heptane fire performance test . 15
D.1 Materials and apparatus . 15
D.2 Procedure . 15
Bibliography . 18
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prEN 1869:2018 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 1869:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 70 “Manual
means of fire fighting equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 1869:1997.
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Introduction
Some materials used for fire blankets may be degraded or even burn on prolonged contact with flame
but the committee consider that this should not restrict the use, for the purposes described here, of
materials which meet the performance requirements of this document.
In addition to the performance requirements specified in this document it is recommended that fire
blankets be suitably treated where necessary to give adequate resistance to attack by microorganisms
and insects throughout the design life.
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1 Scope
This document specifies requirements for fire blankets which are not re-usable and that are intended
for use by one person.
It specifies requirements for fire blankets usable to control small fires. It also limits the risk of electric
shock in case of unintentional use on live electrical equipment.
Fire blankets that are large enough are considered suitable to be used for smothering persons whose
clothes are on fire.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
fire blanket
flexible sheet of material intended to be used to extinguish small fires by smothering
3.2
type
fire blanket material combined with a given size
3.3
model
fire blanket type combined with a given container
4 Construction
All samples shall be conditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1 and A.5 prior to testing.
4.1 A fire blanket shall be formed of one sheet of material, or two or more sheets of material each of a
size equal to the overall size of the fire blanket, which are stitched together. The two sides shall be
similar in performance.
There shall be no seams in the fire blanket except as follows:
a) where the hand-holding devices are fixed;
b) at any edge;
c) applying layers together.
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4.2 Hand holding devices shall not comprise loops, they shall not be flammable , and shall not
become detached from the fire blanket during any of the testing specified in this document.
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Threading at any location on the blanket shall not be flammable .
1
Any label fixed to the fire blanket shall not be flammable .
— Hand holding device shall remain entire and shall not flame.
— Label shall remain readable.
— Thread shall not be cut.
4.3 Fire blankets shall be rectangular or square and no edge shall be less than 1,0 m and no more
than 1,8 m.
Only fire blankets of minimum size 1,2 m × 1,8 m are considered suitable for smothering persons whose
clothes are on fire.
4.4 The total mass of any fire blanket (without its container) shall not exceed 4,5 kg.
4.5 A fire blanket shall be packed in a protective container.
NOTE Container can be flexible or rigid material.
The container shall be designed, such that it does not damage the fire blanket at any time (during
installation, inspection or use).
4.6 The container shall be fitted with a visible device indicating whether the blanket has been
removed.
NOTE This requirement is fulfilled where hand holding device(s) is (are) outside of the container.
4.7 The edges of the fire blankets shall not fray or tear.
5 Characteristics
Except for 5.2, all samples shall be conditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1, A.2 and A.5 prior to
testing.
5.1 Fire blankets shall be capable of being rolled completely around a (50 ± 2) mm diameter bar, and
along any axes parallel to adjacent sides, without permanent deformation.
5.2 The force required to remove the fire blanket from the container fitted with its indicative device
shall not exceed 80 N.
When stowed or packed in the container in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, it shall be
possible for a fire blanket to be taken from the stowed position, unfolded and held ready for use in not
more than 4 s.
For this test, 3 samples shall be in their original supply conditions and accordingly shall be
preconditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1 and A.5 prior to testing.
5.3 When tested in accordance with Annex B, the electrical resistance of the blanket material shall be
not less than 1 MΩ at any point.
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To be checked 5 s at 2 cm from flame with a pocket lighter.
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5.4 The edges of the fire blankets shall not fray or tear during any of the tests specified in Annexes A
to D.
6 Fire performance
All samples shall be conditioned in accordance with Annex A, A.1 to A.4 prior to testing.
6.1 General:
Each type of fire blanket shall be capable of extinguishing the cooking oil fire and the heptane fire as
described in Annex C and D.
6.2 The fire blanket shall remain whole and not ignite during the tests.
6.3 Testing for each fire blanket material shall be done with the smallest and the largest available
size.
NOTE
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