Abstract

This document specifies safety and performance requirements for powered rescue tools manufactured after the date of publication. It is applicable to powered rescue tools which are intended for use by the firefighting and rescue services, principally for cutting, crushing, spreading, squeezing, pushing or pulling the structural parts of road vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft and building structures involved in accidents. They consist of tool[s] and the necessary system components (e.g. energy source, drive system and prime mover) and intended accessories, as defined in Clause 3 - Terms and definitions. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to the machinery, when it is used as intended and under conditions or misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. NOTE 1 The aim is to assist while extracting the casualties or to create a working space for paramedical services taking the local conditions into account This document does not include: - tools with pneumatic drive systems or pneumatic energy sources; - tools which are single acting (for example spring /gravity return jacks, powered struts, etc.). It is not applicable to additional requirements for: a) operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme environmental conditions such as: temperatures outside the range -20 °C +55 °C, corrosive environment, tropical environment, contaminating environments, strong magnetic fields, potentially explosive atmospheres, underwater use); b) the risk directly arising from the means provided for the portability, transportability, mobility and decommissioning of powered rescue tools during periods of their operation. c) Generic tools like, but not limited to, powered drills, angle grinders, saws, not solely intended for extrication purposes. d) Tools intended to lift and/or hoist, not solely intended for extrication purposes. NOTE 1 EN13731 deals with lifting bag systems for fire and rescue services. NOTE 2 For the EU/EEA other Directives can be applicable to the equipment in the scope, for example the Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive.

Begin

2021-08-16

WI

00192119

Planned document number

DIN EN 13204

Project number

03101320

Responsible national committee

NA 031-04-10 AA - Rescue equipment - mirror committee of CEN/TC 192/WG 7  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 192/WG 7 - Powered rescue tools, lifting bags and struts  

draft standard

Powered rescue tools for fire and rescue service use - safety and performance requirements; German and English version prEN 13204:2022
2022-09
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previous edition(s)

Double acting hydraulic rescue tools for fire and rescue service use - Safety and performance requirements; German version EN 13204:2016
2016-12

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