BS EN ISO 14116:2015

What is this standard about?

BS EN ISO 14116:2015 gives the latest international safety guidelines to help prevent protective clothing catching fire.  

Who is this standard for?

• Manufacturers of protective clothing
• Purchasers, distributors and importers of protective clothing
• Retailers and users
• Health and safety, fire and regulatory organizations

Why should you use this standard? 

BS EN ISO 14116 specifies performance requirements for the limited flame spread properties of materials used in protective clothing to reduce the possibility of clothes burning. 

Protective clothing complying with BS EN ISO 14116 is intended to protect workers against occasional and brief contact with small igniting flames, in circumstances where there is no significant heat hazard and without the presence of another type of heat. When protection against heat hazards is necessary in addition to protection against limited spread flammability, then standards, such as BS EN ISO 11612 are more appropriate.

A classification system is also given for materials, material assemblies and garments which are tested according to BS EN ISO 15025 Procedure A.

What’s changed since the last update?

This standard has been revised to:

• Include test procedures for burst strength testing of woven materials
• Include new definition for determination of hole formation
• Modify clause in design requirements regarding garment overlaps
• Modify clause on sampling requirements
• Modify pre-treatment clause to include requirements for single use garments
• Modify clause for aging due to washing
• Include new requirement for measuring property value for rating and classifications
• Modify test procedure for the flame testing of labels, badges and retro reflective materials
• Include test procedure for testing of hardware and for tensile strength testing of non-woven materials
• Modify flame spread definition and flaming debris
• Modify afterglow requirement for flame spread of Index 1,2 and 3 materials
• Include normative Annex for uncertainty of measurement and for measuring property value for rating and classification