EN ISO 15384
Protective clothing for firefighters. Laboratory test methods and feature requirements for forest clothing
EN ISO 15384 – This standard specifies the test methods and minimum feature requirements for protective clothing designed to protect the body of the wearer, except for the head, hands and feet, when worn for forest firefighting and associated activities.
EN ISO 15384 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
TEST METHOD
DESCRIPTION
MINIMUM COMPLIANCE VALUES
ISO 15025
Protective clothing – Protection against flames – Method of test for limited flame spread.
A1 and A2
ISO 6942
Protective clothing — Protection against heat and fire – Method of test: Evaluation of materials and material assemblies when exposed to a source of radiant heat.
RHTI 24 ≥ 11 s
RHTI 24 – RHTI 12 ≥ 4 s
ISO 17493
Clothing and equipment for protection against heat – Test method for convective heat resistance using a hot air circulating oven.
260ºC
ISO 13934-1
Textiles – Tensile properties of fabrics – Part 1: Determination of maximum force and elongation of maximum force using the strip method.
≥ 600 N
ISO 13935-2
Seam resistance – Main seam resistance: the material or the exterior garment of the set must show a resistance of at least 225 N.
≥ 300 N
EN 31092
Thermal resistance: the material or a set of materials must show medium thermal resistance of ≤ 0.055 m² K/W; Water vapour resistance: the material or set of materials must show medium resistance to waster vapour ≤ 10 m² Pa/W.
Rct ≤ 0.055 m² K/W
Ret ≤ 10 m² Pa/W
ISO 13688
Garment labelling pictogram.
A1 and A2
ISO 5077
Determination of dimensional variations upon home washing and drying (3% maximum for woven and 5% maximum for knitted).
< 3% woven fabric
< 5% knit fabric
Sectors where EN ISO 15384 is applied
FOREST FIREFIGHTERS
INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRIES
