BS EN 13204:2016

BS EN 13204:2016 specifies safety and performance requirements for double acting hydraulic rescue tools manufactured after the date of publication.

It is applicable to double acting hydraulic rescue tool systems which are intended for use by the firefighting and rescue services, principally for cutting through, spreading or pushing apart the structural parts of road vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft and building structures involved in accidents.

They consist of a separate power pack, the tool[s] and the necessary interconnections and intended accessories, as defined in Clause 3 - Terms and definitions.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to the machinery, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

NOTE 1 The aim is to assist while extracting the casualties or to create a working space for paramedical services taking the local conditions into account.

It is not applicable to additional requirements for:

• operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme environmental conditions such as: temperatures outside the range -20 °C up to +55 °C, corrosive environment, tropical environment, contaminating environments, strong magnetic fields, potentially explosive atmospheres);
• the risk directly arising from the means provided for the portability, transportability and mobility of double-acting hydraulic rescue tools during periods of their operation.

NOTE 2 For the EU/EEA other Directives can be applicable to the equipment in the scope, for example the Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive.


Cross References:
EN 50565-2:2014
EN 659
EN 837-1
EN 853
EN 854
EN 856
EN 857
EN 10025-1:2004
EN 10025-2:2004
EN 10210-2
EN 60204-1
EN 60529
IEC 60529
EN ISO 3949
ISO 3949
EN ISO 4413
ISO 4413
EN ISO 12100
ISO 12100
EN ISO 1402
ISO 1402
EN ISO 10619-1
ISO 10619-1
EN ISO 3744:2010
ISO 3744:2010
EN ISO 4871
ISO 4871
EN ISO 7751:1997
ISO 7751:1991
EN ISO 11201
ISO 11201
EN ISO 11688-1
ISO/TR 11688-1
EN ISO 13732-1
EN ISO 14120
ISO 14120
ISO/TR 14121-2
2006/42/EC
CEN Guide 414
EN ISO 13850
ISO 13850
EN 547-2
EN 764-1
EN ISO 13857
ISO 13857
EN ISO 13849-1
ISO 13849-1
EN 1005-2
EN 1746
EN 10083-2
EN ISO 9001
ISO 9001
EN ISO 9614-1
ISO 9614-1
EN ISO 9614-2
ISO 9614-2
EN ISO 11546-2
ISO 11546-2
EN ISO 11688-2
ISO/TR 11688-2
EN ISO 11820
ISO 11820
EN ISO/IEC 17025
ISO/IEC 17025
EN 61310-3
ISO 5598
EN 61000-6-1
EN 61000-6-3


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