ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18639-1 First edition 2018-01 PPE ensembles for firefighters undertaking specific rescue activities Part 1: General Equipements de protection personnelle pour pompiers entreprenant des activités de sauvetage particulieres Partie 1: Généralités Reference number IS0 18639-1:2018(E) [so @IS02018 IS0 18639-1:2018(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @ IS0 2018, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form writtenpermission.Permission canberequestedfromeitherIsOattheaddressbelow orIso'smemberbodyinthecountryof the requester. ISO copyrightoffice Ch. de Blandonnet 8 · CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ii @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved IS0 18639-1:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..1 4 Abbreviated terms and subscripts .2 4.1 Abbreviated terms. .2 4.2 Subscripts. .2 5 Design and performance requirements for PPE items and ensembles. .2 5.1 PPE ensembles .2 5.2 Combination of items of PPE .2 6 Marking .3 6.1 General. .3 6.2 Compliance marking requirements for an item of PPE .3 6.3 Additional marking for compatibility. .3 7 Manufacturer's instructions to be supplied with each item of PPE .3 7.1 User's information 7.2 Additional user information for compatibility 4 Annex A (informative) Structure of the IS0 18639 series ..5 Annex B (informative) Design of the IS0 18639 individual standards for Part 3 onward ..6 Annex C (informative) Information on risk assessment .8 Bibliography .17 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved ii