scope:

This Part of this European Standard specifies the minimum requirements for safety and performance of some optional specific permanently installed equipment on firefighting and rescue service vehicles, operated by trained persons, as designated in EN 1846-1 and specified in EN 1846-2. The permanently installed equipment dealt with in this Part of this European Standard is given below: - water installation; - additive installation; - monitor; - equipment gantries. For the purposes of this European Standard, the normal ambient temperature range is -15 °C to + 35 °C. This Part of this European Standard deals with the technical requirements to minimize the hazards listed in clause 4 which can arise during the commissioning, the operational use and the routine checking of firefighting and rescue service vehicles when carried out in accordance with the specifications given by the manufacturer or his authorized representative. It deals also with performance requirements.