scope:

This European Standard specifies safety and performancerequirements for double acting hydraulic rescue tools manufacturedafter the date of publication. It is applicable to double actinghydraulic rescue tool systems which are intended for use by thefirefighting and rescue services, principally for cutting through,spreading or pushing apart the structural parts of road vehicles,ships, trains, aircraft and building structures involved inaccidents. They consist of a separate power pack, the tool[s] andthe necessary interconnections and intended accessories, as definedin Clause 3 ? Terms and definitions. This document deals with allsignificant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous eventsrelevant to the machinery, when it is used as intended and underconditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by themanufacturer. NOTE 1 The aim is to assist while extracting thecasualties or to create a working space for paramedical servicestaking the local conditions into account. It is not applicable toadditional requirements for: a) operation in severe conditions(e.g. extreme environmental conditions such as: temperaturesoutside the range ?20 ?C up to +55 ?C, corrosive environment,tropical environment, contaminating environments, strong magneticfields, potentially explosive atmospheres); b) the risk directlyarising from the means provided for the portability,transportability and mobility of double-acting hydraulic rescuetools during periods of their operation. NOTE 2 For the EU/EEAother Directives can be applicable to the equipment in the scope,for example the Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive.