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BS ISO 18639-6:2018

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PPE ensembles for firefighters undertaking specific rescue activities – Footwear

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BSI 2018 28
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This document provides the principles that govern the development of incident type and/or hazard specific test methods and minimum performance requirements for safety footwear for firefighters while engaged in specific rescue activities.

Footwear related to specific rescue activities, e.g. Road Traffic Crash, (RTC) and Urban Search and Rescue, (USAR) is documented in individual subclauses of this document.

NOTE For further guidance refer ISO 18639‑1.

The purpose of this document is to ensure minimum performance requirements for incident type and/or hazard specific safety footwear are designated.

This document covers general footwear design, the minimum performance level of the materials used and the methods of test for determining this performance level.

It does not cover special footwear for use in other high risk situations such as structural firefighting.

This document does not cover protection for the head, torso, arms, hands and legs or protection of the feet against other hazards, e.g. chemical, biological, radiation and electrical hazards, except for limited, accidental exposure to fire ground chemicals and contaminated blood or body fluids.

Selection of the appropriate system of Personal Protective Equipment, (PPE), including footwear, is dependent on carrying out an effective risk assessment which identifies the hazard to be faced, evaluates the likelihood of those hazards and provides the means of reducing or eliminating these hazards.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
6 Foreword
7 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
10 3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification and designs
12 5 Sampling and conditioning
5.1 Sampling
5.2 Conditioning
6 Performance requirements
6.1 General
6.2 Summary of requirements and classification of specific rescue activities
14 6.3 Thermal requirements
6.3.1 Insulation against heat
15 6.3.2 Flame resistance
16 6.4 Mechanical protection requirements
6.4.1 Cut resistance by a hand-held chainsaw
6.4.2 Metatarsal Protection
6.4.3 Ankle Protection
6.5 Environmental protection requirements
6.5.1 Water resistance
6.5.2 Electrical properties
6.6 Visibility requirements
17 6.7 Biological and chemical requirements
6.7.1 Liquid penetration resistance
7 Marking
8 Information to be supplied
8.1 General
18 8.2 Antistatic footwear
19 8.3 Electrically insulating footwear
8.4 Insocks
8.5 Information regarding penetration resistant insert
20 Annex A (normative) Assessment of the footwear by the laboratory during testing for resistance to heat and flame
21 Annex B (informative) Assessment of the footwear by the wearer
22 Annex C (informative) The following drawing can be provided with the user information to assist in assessing the performance of firefighter footwear
23 Annex D (informative) Slip resistance
26 Bibliography
BS ISO 18639-6:2018
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