Testing and evaluation of light clothing properties used in fire and rescue service units

and Expert Institute (FEEI) of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak
Republic in Bratislava, the Slovak National Accreditation Service
SNAS has granted accreditation. Accredited testing room with
identification number no. S-084 performs tests applied in the field of
personal protective equipment. The goal is to specify, determine, and,
above all, verify the selected characteristics for emergency clothing
(light emergency clothing - LEC) used by firefighters and rescuers in
the Fire and Rescue Service units to determine the conditions for
procurement and quality control of the LEC supplied. The results
obtained during the examination of the properties of light emergency
clothing will be used in the next steps of the research of the Product
Assessment Department (PAD) FEEI of the Ministry of the Interior of
the Slovak Republic. In contrast, individual parameters can be used to
design new LEC.
The basic meaning and purpose of any protective means are to protect
a person who intervenes in a dangerous environment contaminated with
chemical, biological or radioactive substances, for example, in
industrial accidents connected with the release of dangerous substances
(HAZMAT), in accidents of vehicles transporting HAZMAT and
natural disasters or fires of various nature. Protecting from the external
environment is one of the favourable inherent properties of personal
protective work equipment (PPE).