EN ISO 15025:2016

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Protective clothing - Protection against flame - Method of test for limited flame spread
(ISO 15025:2016)
Schutzkleidung - Schutz gegen Flammen - Prüfverfahren für die begrenzte
Flammenausbildung (ISO 15025:2016)
Vêtements de protection - Protection contre les flammes - Méthode d'essai pour la
propagation de flamme limitée (ISO 15025:2016)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 15025:2016
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 15025
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2016
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.220.40; 13.340.10 Supersedes EN ISO 15025:2002
English Version
Protective clothing - Protection against flame - Method of
test for limited flame spread (ISO 15025:2016)
Vêtements de protection - Protection contre les Schutzkleidung - Schutz gegen Flammen -
flammes - Méthode d'essai pour la propagation de Prüfverfahren für die begrenzte Flammenausbildung
flamme limitée (ISO 15025:2016) (ISO 15025:2016)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 November 2016.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC . 4

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 15025:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94 "Personal
safety - Protective clothing and equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 162
“Protective clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets” the secretariat of which is held
by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2017, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2017.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 15025:2002.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 15025:2016 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 15025:2016 without any modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request M/031 to
provide one voluntary means of conforming to essential requirements of Directive 89/686/EEC on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements
of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Annex II of the Directive
89/686/EEC Personal Protective Equipment
Essential Requirements of Directive Clause(s)/sub-clause(s) of Remarks/Notes
89/686/EEC this EN
Protection against heat and/or fire Complete standard Together with the
requirements in the product
3.6.1 PPE constituent materials and other
standard
components
WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
Standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 15025
Second edition
2016-12-01
Protective clothing — Protection
against flame — Method of test for
limited flame spread
Vêtements de protection — Protection contre les flammes — Méthode
d’essai pour la propagation de flamme limitée
Reference number
ISO 15025:2016(E)
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ISO 15025:2016(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principle . 2
5 Health and safety of test operators . 3
6 Fuel . 3
7 Apparatus . 3
8 Sampling and sample preparation .10
8.1 Sampling .10
8.1.1 Number of specimens .10
8.1.2 Specimen-holder pin location marks .10
8.1.3 Test specimen size .10
8.1.4 Multilayer specimens (including trim) .11
8.1.5 Seams .11
8.2 Conditioning atmosphere of the test sample .11
9 Procedure.11
9.1 Installation of the test apparatus .11
9.1.1 Test conditions.11
9.1.2 Procedure A — Surface ignition .12
9.1.3 Procedure B — Bottom-edge ignition .12
9.1.4 Detection of flaming debris .13
9.2 Test procedure .13
9.2.1 Procedure A — Surface ignition .13
9.2.2 Procedure B — Bottom-edge ignition .14
10 Test report .14
Annex A (normative) Description and construction of the burner .16
Annex B (informative) Laboratory techniques .17
Annex C (normative) Measurement of damaged/char length .18
Annex D (informative) Precision and results of interlaboratory trials .19
Bibliography .21
ISO 15025:2016(E)
Foreword
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