BS EN 1846-2:2024 - Page 2

Firefighting and rescue service vehicles. Common requirements. Safety and performance | Status: Current

1 Scope 1.1 This document specifies the common requirements for safety and the (minimum) common performance requirements of firefighting and rescue service vehicles as designated in EN 1846‑1:2011.

NOTE 1 Categories and mass classes of these vehicles are given in EN 1846‑1:2011.

NOTE 2 Vehicle means terrestrial vehicles that can also drive on rails and amphibious vehicles.

When drafting this document, it has been assumed that the finished standard automotive chassis (or the chassis designed in accordance with the same principles) that is the basis for the firefighting or rescue vehicle offers an acceptable safety level for its basic transport functions within the limits specified by the manufacturer. Therefore, this document does not formulate requirements for this chassis. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to firefighting and rescue service vehicles, when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. Complementary specific requirements for aerial appliances are the subject of the following European Standards:

• — EN 1777:2010 : Hydraulic platforms (HPs) for firefighting and rescue services,
• — EN 14043:2014 : Turntable ladders with combined movements,
• — EN 14044:2014 : Turntable ladders with sequential movements.

NOTE 3 Additional regulations, not dealt with in this document, can apply in relation with the use of the vehicles on public roads.

This document deals with firefighting and rescue vehicles intended for use in a temperature range from –15 °C to +40 °C.

NOTE 4 In the case of utilization outside this temperature range, additional measures might be necessary as agreed between the manufacturer and the user. Such requirements are outside the scope of this document.