DIN EN ISO 11612:2015-11

This International Standard specifies performance requirements for protective clothing made from flexiblematerials, which are designed to protect the wearers body, except the hands, from heat and/or flame. Forprotection of the wearers head and feet, the only items of protective clothing falling within the scope of thisInternational Standard are gaiters, hoods and overboots. However, concerning hoods, requirements for visorsand respiratory equipment are not given. The performance requirements set out in this International Standard are applicable to protective clothing which could be worn for a wide range of end uses, where there is a need for clothing with limited flame spread properties and where the user can be exposed to radiant or convective or contact heat or to molten metal splashes. This International Standard is not applicable to protective clothing that is specified by other InternationalStandards (see introduction).