BS EN 1147:2010
Portable ladders for fire service use
The ladders covered by this standard are designed for use by professionally trained fire personnel.
This standard is based on the performance of portable fire and rescue service ladders in normal use and includes safety requirements.
The standard sets out minimum and/or maximum values within which the customer may specify his own requirements.
A safety factor of the order of 3:1 has been used and the mass of a firefighter including personal equipment and breathing apparatus has been taken as 108 kg.
This standard specifies requirements, test methods and performance criteria for portable ladders for fire and rescue service use and associated purposes.
The tests in this standard are type tests and not periodical tests. Non-portable ladders for fire and rescue service use are excluded from this standard.