Setting the safety standard for the fire industry

摘要

As a world-leader in fire safety products, Draeger regularly hosts industry feedback groups to ensure we innovate and develop our products in line with the ever-changing needs of the Fire Service. These user groups often spark lively debate and recently the topic of helmet standards has been cropping up regularly - particularly regarding new standards introduced last year. To clear up any confusion about the raft of relevant standards for fire helmets and the implications of these for the UK's Fire Service, I thought it was worth outlining some of the key points. Standards are an important measure of performance characteristics which give manufacturers like Drager an outline of what is required from the product and its application. This is of crucial importance to the Fire Service that deals with potentially life threatening situations every day. Standards reassure those commissioning kit for the Fire Service that they have the right product for the job in hand.