ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18639-6 First edition 2018-01 PPE ensembles for firefighters undertaking specific rescue activities Part 6: Footwear Equipements de protection personnelle pour pompiers entreprenant des activités de sauvetage particulieres Partie 6: Chaussures Reference number IS0 18639-6:2018(E) [so @IS02018 IS0 18639-6:2018(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 18639-6:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. .. 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..2 4 Classification and designs. ..2 5 Sampling and conditioning 5.1 Sampling. .4 5.2 Conditioning ..4 6 Performance requirements .4 6.1 General .4 6.2 Summary of requirements and classification of specific rescue activities ..4 6.3 Thermal requirements .6 6.3.1 Insulation against heat .6 6.3.2 Flame resistance .7 6.4 Mechanical protection requirements .8 6.4.1 Cut resistance by a hand-held chainsaw .8 6.4.2 Metatarsal Protection. .8 6.4.3 Ankle Protection .8 6.5 Environmental protection requirements .8 6.5.1 Water resistance. .8 6.5.2 Electrical properties ..8 6.6 Visibility requirements .8 6.7 Biological and chemical requirements 9 6.7.1 Liquid penetration resistance .9 7 Marking ..9 8 Information to be supplied .9 8.1 General .9 8.2 Antistatic footwear 10 8.3 Electrically insulating footwear 11 8.4 Insocks 11 8.5 Information regarding penetration resistant insert .11 Annex A (normative) Assessment of the footwear by the laboratory during testing for resistance to heat and flame ..12 Annex B (informative) Assessment of the footwear by the wearer ..13 Annex C (informative) The following drawing can be provided with the user information to assist in assessing the performance of firefighter footwear .14 Annex D (informative) Slip resistance ..15 Bibliography ..18 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved ii