ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18639-3 First edition 2018-01 PPE ensembles for firefighters undertaking specific rescue activities Part 3: Clothing Equipements de protection personnelle pour pompiers entreprenant des activités de sauvetage particulieres Partie 3: Vetements Reference number IS0 18639-3:2018(E) [so @IS02018 IS0 18639-3:2018(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 18639-3:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Design requirements. .5 4.1 General. .5 4.2 Size designation .5 4.3 Type of clothing. .5 4.4 Outer two piece suit. 4.5 External Pockets 5 4.6 Padding. .5 4.7 Closures. .6 4.8 Hardware. ..6 4.9 Collar. .6 4.10 Integrated personal protective equipment .6 4.11 Visibility and Conspicuity ..6 5 Sampling and pre-treatment. .6 5.1 Sampling. .6 5.2 Pre-treatment.. 5.2.1 Cleaning ..7 5.2.2 Conditioning 7 6 Performance requirements 6.1 General classification 7 6.2 Summary requirements and classification 6.2.1 Road Traffic Crash (RTC) 7 6.2.2 Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) 6.3 Thermal/arc requirements ..8 6.3.1 Flame resistance .8 6.3.2 Radiant heat transfer .10 6.3.3 Contact heat .10 6.4 Mechanical protection requirements .10 6.4.1 Tensile strength .10 6.4.2 Tear strength 6.4.3 Abrasion resistance. .10 6.4.4 Dimensional change. 10 6.5 Environmental Protection requirements .11 6.5.1 Surface wetting.. ..11 6.5.2 Electrostatic resistance ..11 6.5.3 Water vapour resistance .11 6.6 Visibility requirements. ..11 6.7 Biological and chemical requirements .11 6.7.1 Viral requirements. ..11 7 Marking .12 8 Information supplied by the manufacturer ..12 Annex A (normative) Water absorption resistance ..13 Bibliography ..15 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved ii