National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1869:2019. It supersedes BS EN 1869:1997, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FSH/2, Fire extinguishers.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 August 2019.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 May 2019.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 1869:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 70 “Manual means of firefighting equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2020.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 1869:1997.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

Fire blankets are one of the means for fighting certain type of small fires at their initial stage.

This document assesses their suitability for use and specifies requirements for their firefighting performance, construction, marking, packaging and preservation.

Some materials used for fire blankets may be degraded or even burn on prolonged contact with flame, but the committee consider that this should not restrict the use, for the purposes described here, of materials which meet the performance requirements of this document.

1 Scope

This document specifies requirements for fire blankets which are not reusable and that are intended for use by one person.

It specifies requirements for fire blankets usable to control small fires. It also limits the risk of electric shock in case of unintentional use on live electrical equipment.

Fire blankets that are large enough are considered suitable to be used for smothering persons whose clothes are on fire.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Construction

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

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4.10

4.11

5 General performance

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

6 Fire performance

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

7 Marking

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.4

7.5

8 Minimum test report content for each tested fire blanket

8.1

8.2

8.3

Bibliography

BS EN 1869:2019

Fire blankets

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Aug 2019