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CEN - PREN 659

Protective gloves for firefighters

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Organization: CEN
Publication Date: 1 August 2021
Status: pending
Page Count: 23
ICS Code (Hand and arm protection): 13.340.40
scope:

This document defines minimum performance requirements and test methods for firefighters' protective gloves.

This document applies only to firefighters' protective gloves which protect the hands during normal firefighting, including structural fire, wildland and rescue.

These gloves are not intended for deliberate handling of liquid chemicals, but provide some protection against accidental contact with chemicals.

Protective gloves for special operations within firefighting service are excluded from the scope of this document.

Document History

PREN 659
August 1, 2021
Protective gloves for firefighters
This document defines minimum performance requirements and test methods for firefighters' protective gloves. This document applies only to firefighters' protective gloves which protect the hands...
EN 659
June 23, 2003
Protective gloves for firefighters
This European Standard defines minimum performance requirements and test methods for firefighters' protective gloves. This European Standard applies only to firefighters' protective gloves which...
EN 659
June 23, 2003
Protective gloves for firefighters
A description is not available for this item.
EN 659
June 23, 2003
Protective Gloves for Firefighters
A description is not available for this item.
EN 659
January 1, 1996
Protective Gloves for Firefighters
A description is not available for this item.

References

This document references:
EN 388 - Protective gloves against mechanical risks
Published by CEN on November 1, 2016
This European Standard specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information to be supplied for protective gloves against the mechanical risks of abrasion, blade cut, tear, puncture and, if...
This document references:
EN 407 - Protective gloves and other hand protective equipments against thermal risks (heat and/or fire)
Published by CEN on April 1, 2020
This document specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information for protective gloves and other hand protective equipment’s against thermal risks for professional use, consumer, domestic...
This document references:
EN ISO 12127-1 - Clothing to protect against heat and flame - Determination of contact heat transmission through clothing or constituent materials - Part 1: Contact heat produced by heating cylinder
Published by CEN on December 1, 2015
This part of ISO 12127 specifies a test method for the determination of contact heat transmission. It is applicable to protective clothing (including hand protectors) and its constituent materials...
This document references:
EN ISO 13935-2 - Textiles - Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made-up textile articles - Part 2: Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the grab method
Published by CEN on April 1, 2014
This part of ISO 13935 specifies methods for the determination of seam maximum force of sewn seams when the force is applied perpendicularly to the seam. This part of ISO 13935 describes the method...
This document references:
EN ISO 15797 - Textiles - Industrial washing and finishing procedures for testing of workwear
Published by CEN on February 1, 2018
This document specifies test procedures and equipment which can be used in the evaluation of workwear (including, where appropriate, for some PPE garments) intended to be industrially laundered. They...
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