BS EN 1486:2007

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
   4.1 Clothing ensemble
   4.2 Clothing
       4.2.1 General
       4.2.2 Pockets
       4.2.3 Size designation
   4.3 Head protection
       4.3.1 General
       4.3.2 Screen
   4.4 Hand protection
   4.5 Overboots
5 Sampling, pre-treatment, ageing
   5.1 Sampling
   5.2 Pre-treatment
       5.2.1 General
       5.2.2 Cleaning
       5.2.3 Mechanical pre-treatment
   5.3 Ageing
6 Thermal requirements
   6.1 Limited flame spread
   6.2 Heat transfer (radiant heat)
   6.3 Heat transfer (convective heat)
   6.4 Contact heat
   6.5 Heat resistance
7 Mechanical requirements
   7.1 Dimensional change
   7.2 Tensile strength
   7.3 Burst strength
   7.4 Tear strength
   7.5 Seam strength
8 Other requirements
   8.1 Surface wetting
   8.2 Whole Garment Testing (optional)
9 Marking
10 Information supplied by the manufacturer
Annex A (normative) - Mechanical pre-treatment for metallised
        materials
      A.1 Principle
      A.2 Sampling
      A.3 Apparatus
      A.4 Procedure
Annex B (informative) - Warning - flame engulfment
Annex C (informative) - Guidelines for clothing design
Annex D (informative) - Checking of basic ergonomic features of
        protective clothing - practical performance tests
Annex E (normative) - Prediction of burn injury using an
        instrumented manikin
Annex F (informative) - Significant technical changes between
        this document and the previous edition EN 1486:1996
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
         Directive 89/686/EEC
Bibliography

Describes methods of test and minimum performance required for reflective protective specialized fire-fighting clothing.

This European Standard considers requirements for the protection of the whole body including head, hands and feet. Clothing for head and feet according to this European Standard, however, may only provide sufficient protection when worn together with such basic PPE specified in the relevant standards as noted in paragraphs 4.2 and 4.4 of this European Standard. This European Standard specifies test methods and minimum performance requirements for reflective protective clothing used in specialised fire-fighting. This clothing provides protection against flame lick and intense radiant heat and is worn for short periods only, to enable the fire-fighter to enter specific high-risk fire-fighting and fire rescue situations which also require the use of breathing apparatus. This European Standard only covers protective clothing that relies upon the ability of the outer material to reflect intense radiant heat. This type of reflective clothing may also be used for industrial applications involving high levels of radiant heat. The reflective clothing specified in this European Standard is not covered in EN 469.