DIN Standards Committee Firefighting and Fire Protection
DIN 14555-21
Vehicles carrying tools and gears - Part 21: GW-L1 for logistic tasks
Rüstwagen und Gerätewagen - Teil 21: Gerätewagen Logistik GW-L1
Overview
In connection with fire fighting operations, GW-L1 for logistic tasks are primarily used for transportation of equipment and other materials. According to the definition, GW-L1 is a fire-fighting vehicle with fire-fighting equipment and a loading area with hydraulic platform for the transportation of small-size equipment, extinguishing media and other goods to supply the fire brigade units employed (for various logistic tasks), the crew of which consists of a fire fighting troop (1/1) or a fire fighting squad (1/5). When using equipment module "Dangerous products" according to Table 2 of the standard, the tasks of transportation of dangerous products equipment of smaller size, and thus the tasks of GW-G for dangerous products, can be taken over by GW-L1 for logistic tasks. The standard DIN 14555-14:1997-10, "Vehicles for tools and gears - Part 14: GW", which had been withdrawn in January 2004, has already been replaced by the previous edition DIN 14555-21:2005-04. The adaptation of the measuring technology has been carried out in accordance with Section 10 "Environmental Protection" of the Vereinigung zur Förderung des Deutschen Brandschutzes (vfdb) (German Fire Protection Association (GFPA)); the additional load of the equipment module "Hazardous products" has been updated, as it has been already specified in DIN 14555-12, GW-G for dangerous products. With respect to DIN 14555-21:2005-04, the following changes have been made: a) the normative references in clause 2 have been updated: the new edition of DIN EN 1846-2:2010-01 has been added, DIN 14011 has been added for E DIN 14011-9 and DIN 70020-2 which has been withdrawn, has been deleted; b) the definition for GW-L1 for logistic tasks has been rephrased to form one sentence; c) in Table 2 (additional load, equipment module "Hazardous products"), an explosion-proof three-pin plug or an explosion-proof three-pin coupling has also been assigned to the three-wire cable indicated in subclause 6.4 and subclause 6.5; d) in Table 2 (additional load, equipment module "Hazardous products") in the column "Measuring technique" the numbers 8.9 to 8.11 have been replaced the numbers 8.25 to 8.28 of Table 1 from the GW G standard DIN 14555-12:2005-04; f) the bibliography has been updated; g) the contents have been editorially revised. At DIN the Committee responsible for this standard is NA 031-04-07 AA "Sonstige Fahrzeuge" ("Other vehicles").
