WG 5 - Fire and Rescue PPE

WG 5 is a Technical Committee within CLC. It is named "Fire and Rescue PPE" and is responsible for: Emergency responders PPE’ is focused on improving the personal protective equipment (PPE) used by emergency responders. They will work to achieve this by developing advice and guidance, functional scenarios (to define needs), frameworks, and technical reports. The goal is to enable standards committees, industry, suppliers, and end-users to enhance the protective capabilities of PPE and complete PPE systems specifically for emergency responders This committee has published 448 standards.

WG 5 develops CLC standards in the area of Information technology. The scope of work includes: Emergency responders PPE’ is focused on improving the personal protective equipment (PPE) used by emergency responders. They will work to achieve this by developing advice and guidance, functional scenarios (to define needs), frameworks, and technical reports. The goal is to enable standards committees, industry, suppliers, and end-users to enhance the protective capabilities of PPE and complete PPE systems specifically for emergency responders Currently, there are 448 published standards from this technical committee.

CLC is a standardization organization that develops and publishes standards to support industry, commerce, and regulatory requirements.

A Technical Committee (TC) in CLC is a group of experts responsible for developing international standards in a specific technical area. TCs are composed of national member body delegates and work through consensus to create standards that meet global industry needs. Each TC may have subcommittees (SCs) and working groups (WGs) for specialized topics.