1、Copyright 2014 National Fire Protection Association. All Rights Reserved.NFPA1952Standard onSurface Water Operations Protective Clothing and Equipment2015 EditionThis edition of NFPA 1952, Standard on Surface Water Operations Protective Clothing and Equip-ment, was prepared by the Technical Committe
2、e on Special Operations Protective Clothingand Equipment and released by the Correlating Committee on Fire and Emergency ServicesProtective Clothing and Equipment. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 11,2014, with an effective date of December 1, 2014, and supersedes all previous edit
3、ions.A Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to 8.5.1 was issued on November 11, 2014. Forfurther information on tentative interim amendments, see Section 5 of the Regulations Gov-erning the Development of NFPA Standards, available at: http:/www.nfpa.org/regs.This edition of NFPA 1952 was approved as an
4、 American National Standard on December 1,2014.Origin and Development of NFPA 1952The Technical Committee on Special Operations Protective Clothing and Equipmentbegan work on the first edition of NFPA 1952 in 2005 to answer the need for personal protec-tive equipment for fire and emergency services
5、personnel operating at surface water opera-tions. Surface water operations are technical rescue activities requiring water functional capa-bilities involving surface water, swift water, tidal water, surf, and ice that do not requireunderwater respiratory equipment.The technical committee developed N
6、FPA 1952, Standard on Surface Water Operations Protec-tive Clothing and Equipment, with the goal of establishing protection requirements for protec-tive clothing and equipment to reduce the safety risks and health risks associated with expo-sure of personnel to the hazards of surface water operation
7、s.The majority of performance criteria in this standard were based on the September 1993U.S. Fire Administration Study “Protective Clothing and Equipment Needs of EmergencyResponders for Urban Search and Rescue Missions” (FA-136, Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency). That report documented the prot
8、ective clothing and equipment needs foremergency responders engaged in technical rescue activities. Input was obtained from anemergency responder user requirements committee and resulted in proposed criteria basedon a needs and risk analysis. The U.S. Fire Administration report contains survey resul
9、ts andtest data for a number of materials. The jurisdiction of the Technical Committee on SpecialOperations Protective Clothing and Equipment does not include the respiratory protectionthat is necessary for these operations; the appropriate respiratory protection needs to beaddressed by emergency re
10、sponder organizations.This standard specifies requirements for the following types of surface water protectiveclothing and equipment:(1) Dry suits, wet suits, and ice suits(2) Dry suit gloves, wet suit gloves, and ice suit gloves(3) Dry suit footwear, wet suit footwear, and ice suit footwear(4) Helm
11、ets(5) PFDsIt is left to emergency services organizations to select the appropriate items for the protec-tion of their emergency responders based on the expected and anticipated surface waterincidents to which the organizations will or could respond.In the 2015 edition, the Technical Committee updat
12、ed the recertification table, addedtext to include performance requirements for the evaluation of strength of closures otherthan zippers, and made several changes to more adequately evaluate performance, includingin relation to chemical hazard protection: (1) the committee added representative chall
13、enges19521NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.in various chemical groupings that are soluble in water, which is the possible hazard; (2) it addressed closure testing byincorporating penetrati
14、on methodology currently used in other hazmat documents in the PPE project; (3) it removedrequirements for flexing and abrading zippers/closures due to the testing challenges, followed methods for testingcurrently used in other hazmat documents in the PPE project; and (4) it updated requirements and
15、 methods to reflectthe use of cumulative permeation mass as an endpoint for permeation testing.Further, the Technical Committee acknowledged that the permeation test procedures were not standardized forthe use of cumulative permeation. Therefore, the revised procedures are based on NFPA 1994 to prov
16、ide a standard-ized methodology for measuring permeation resistance as established in other standards. The list of chemicals selectedmore adequately represents potential hazards and various chemical groupings. The committee also added a penetra-tion test to align with other standards in the PPE proj
17、ect and updated and improved other test methods as necessary toreflect code changes.The Technical Committee would like to recognize the important contributions made to this edition by the lateSteve Hudson.19522 SURFACE WATER OPERATIONS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT2015 EditionCorrelating Committ
18、ee on Fire and Emergency Services Protective Clothing and EquipmentWilliam E. Haskell, III, ChairNational Institute for Occupational Safety 3.3.51, Surface Water OperationsProtective Ice Suit Footwear; and 3.3.55, Surface Water Opera-tions Protective Wet Suit Footwear.3.3.20 Garment Closure. The gar
19、ment component designedand configured to allow the wearer to don (put on) and doff(take off) the garment. 1951, 20133.3.21 Garment Closure Assembly. The combination of thegarment closure and the seam attaching the garment closureto the garment, including any protective flap or cover.1951, 20133.3.22
20、 Glove. See 3.3.48, Surface Water Operations ProtectiveDry Suit Gloves; 3.3.52, Surface Water Operations Protective IceSuit Gloves; and 3.3.56, Surface Water Operations Protective WetSuit Gloves.3.3.23 Glove Body. The part of the glove that extends fromthe tip of the fingers to the wrist crease or a
21、 specified distancebeyond the wrist crease.3.3.24 Glove Liner. The innermost component of the glovebody composite that comes into contact with the wearers skin.3.3.25 Hardware. Non-fabric components of the protectiveclothing and equipment including, but not limited to, thosemade of metal or plastic.
22、3.3.26 Headform. A device that simulates the configurationof the human head.3.3.27 Helmet. See 3.3.49, Surface Water Operations Protec-tive Helmet.3.3.28 Horizontal Center Plane. Any plane passing throughthe helmet whose intersection with the helmet surface is equi-distant from the top of the helmet
23、 at all points.3.3.29 Ice Suit. See 3.3.50, Surface Water Operations Protec-tive Ice Suit.3.3.30 Insole. The inner component of the footwear uponwhich the foot rests.3.3.31 Liquidborne Pathogen. See 3.3.3, Body Fluids.3.3.32 Manufacturer. The entity that directs or controls anyof the following: comp
24、liant product design, compliant prod-uct manufacturing, or compliant product quality assurance;or the entity that assumes the liability for the compliant prod-uct or provides the warranty for the compliant product.3.3.33*Model. The collective term used to identify a group ofindividual items, element
25、s, or items of the same basic designand components from a single manufacturer produced by thesame manufacturing and quality assurance procedures thatare covered by the same certification.3.3.34 Product. See 3.3.9, Compliant Product.3.3.35 Product Label. A marking provided by the manufac-turer for ea
26、ch compliant product, containing compliancestatements, certification statements, manufacturer and modelinformation, or similar data.3.3.36 Reference Plane. A dimensionally defined plane, par-allel to the basic plane, that is measured from the top of theapplicable headform or the basic plane.3.3.37 R
27、escue Operations. Those activities operations di-rected at locating and removing endangered persons, and re-moving endangered persons from danger, treating the in-jured at an emergency incident, and providing transport to anappropriate health care facility.3.3.38 Retention System. The complete assem
28、bly by whichthe helmet is retained in position on the head.3.3.39 Retroreflection/Retroreflective. The reflection of lightin which the reflected rays are preferentially returned in thedirection close to the opposite of the direction of the incidentrays, with this property being maintained over wide
29、variationsof the direction of the incident rays.3.3.40 Sample. The equipment, equipment component, en-semble, element, item, component, or composite that is con-ditioned for testing. (See also 3.3.42, Specimen.)3.3.41 Seam. Any permanent attachment of two or more mate-rials, in a line formed by join
30、ing the separate material pieces.3.3.42 Specimen. The conditioned equipment, equipmentcomponent, ensemble, element, product, item, composite, orcomponent, or opposite that is tested. Specimens are takenfrom samples. (See also 3.3.40, Sample.)3.3.43 Suit. See 3.3.46, Surface Water Operations Protecti
31、veDry Suit; 3.3.50, Surface Water Operations Protective Ice Suit;and 3.3.54, Surface Water Operations Protective Wet Suit.3.3.44 Suit Material. The primary protective principal mate-rial(s) used in the construction of surface water operationsprotective suits.3.3.45 Surface Water Operations. Technica
32、l rescue activitiesrequiring water functional capabilities involving surface water,swift water, tidal water, surf, and ice that do not require under-water respiratory equipment.3.3.46* Surface Water Operations Protective Dry Suit. A suitthat provides exposure protection for water operations.195211DE
33、FINITIONS2015 Edition3.3.47 Surface Water Operations Protective Dry Suit Footwear.An item of protective clothing used with surface water protec-tive dry suits that are designed to provide minimum protec-tion to the foot, ankle, and lower leg.3.3.48 SurfaceWaterOperationsProtectiveDrySuitGloves. Anit
34、em of protective clothing used with surface water protectivedry suits that are designed to provide minimum protection tofingers, thumb, hand, and wrist.3.3.49 Surface Water Operations Protective Helmet. An itemof protective equipment designed to provide minimum pro-tection to the head.3.3.50* Surfac
35、e Water Operations Protective Ice Suit. A suitthat provides thermal and flotation protection for extremecold water conditions.3.3.51 Surface Water Operations Protective Ice Suit Footwear.An item of protective clothing used with surface water protec-tive ice suits that are designed to provide minimum
36、 protectionto the foot, ankle, and lower leg.3.3.52 Surface Water Operations Protective Ice Suit Gloves. Anitem of protective clothing used with surface water protectiveice suits that are designed to provide minimum protection tofingers, thumb, hand, and wrist.3.3.53 Surface Water Operations Protect
37、ive Personal FlotationDevice. An item of protective equipment designed to provideflotation assistance to the wearer.3.3.54* Surface Water Operations Protective Wet Suit. A per-meable suit that preserves body heat by trapping water in be-tween the suit and the body.3.3.55 Surface Water Operations Pro
38、tective Wet Suit Footwear.An item of protective clothing used with surface water protec-tive wet suits that are designed to provide minimum protec-tion to the foot, ankle, and lower leg.3.3.56 SurfaceWaterOperationsProtectiveWetSuitGloves. Anitem of protective clothing used with surface water protec
39、tivewet suits that are designed to provide minimum protection tofingers, thumb, hand, and wrist.3.3.57 Surface Water Rescue. Rescue of a victim who is acces-sible from the surface of a body of water.3.3.58 Suspension. An energy attenuating system of the hel-met that is made up of the headband and cr
40、own strap.3.3.59 Swiftwater. Water moving at a rate of greater than1 knot (1.85 km/hr).3.3.60* Tidal Water. Ocean water or bodies of water that areconnected to oceans that either experience a twice daily riseand fall of their surface caused by the gravitational pull of themoon or experience a corres
41、ponding ebb and flow of water inresponse to the tides.3.3.61 Trim. See 3.3.62, Visibility Markings.3.3.62 Visibility Markings. Retroreflective and fluorescentconspicuity enhancements. Retroreflective enhancements im-prove nighttime conspicuity, and fluorescent enhancementsimprove daytime conspicuity
42、.3.3.63 WetSuit. See 3.3.54, Surface Water Operations Protec-tive Wet Suit.Chapter 4 Certification4.1 General.4.1.1 The process of certification for surface water operationsprotective clothing and equipment as being compliant withNFPA 1952 shall meet the requirements of Section 4.1, Gen-eral; Sectio
43、n 4.2, Certification Program; Section 4.3, Inspec-tion and Testing; Section 4.4, Annual Verification of ProductCompliance; Section 4.5, Manufacturers Quality AssuranceProgram; Section 4.6, Hazards Involving Compliant Product;Section 4.7, Manufacturers Investigation of Complaints andReturns; and Sect
44、ion 4.8, Manufacturers Safety Alert andProduct Recall Systems.4.1.2 All compliant surface water operations protective cloth-ing and equipment that is labeled as being compliant with thisstandard shall meet or exceed all applicable requirementsspecified in this standard and shall be certified.4.1.3 A
45、ll certification shall be performed by a certificationorganization that meets at least the requirements specified inSection 4.2, Certification Program, and that is accredited forpersonal protective equipment in accordance with ISO/IECGuide 65, General requirements forbodies operating product certifi
46、ca-tion systems. The accreditation shall be issued by an accredita-tion body operating in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide17011, Conformity assessment General requirements for accredita-tion bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies.4.1.4 Manufacturers shall not claim compliance with por-tions or
47、 segments of the requirements of this standard andshall not use the NFPA name or the name or identification ofthis standard, NFPA 1952, in any statements about their re-spective item(s) unless the item(s) is certified as compliant tothis standard.4.1.5 All compliant protective clothing and equipment
48、 shallbe labeled.4.1.6 All compliant surface water protective clothing andequipment items shall be listed by the certification organiza-tion. This listing shall uniquely identify the certified product,for example, by style, model number, or part number.4.1.7 All compliant surface water protective cl
49、othing and equip-ment items shall also have a product label that meets the require-ments specified in Section 5.1, Product Label Requirements.4.1.8* The certification organizations label, symbol, or iden-tifying mark shall be attached to the product label, shall bepart of the product label, or shall be immediately adjacent tothe product label.4.1.9 The certification organization shall not permit anymanufacturer to continue to label any protective ensembles orensemble elements that are certified as compliant with the2010 edition of NFPA 1952 on November 11, 2014.4.1.10 The ce
