Annex III. Rescue equipment: An example

- Rescue nets to the requirements of DIN 14151, Part 1, “Firemen’s rescue net devices: General requirements and testing” and to the requirements of DIN 14151, Pan 2, “Firemen’s rescue equipment: Firemen’s rescue nets”.

- Fire extinguishing blankets to the requirements of DIN 14155, “Fire extinguishing blankets”.

- Elevator rescue vehicles to the requirements of DIN 14701, Part 1, “Elevator rescue vehicles: Purpose, definitions, safety equipment, requirements” and to the requirements of DIN 14701, Part 2, “Elevator rescue vehicles: Mechanically powered rotating ladders, DL 23-12 and DLK 23-12”.

- Spreaders to the requirements of DIN 14751, Part 1, “Hydraulically operated rescue devices for the fire brigade: Spreaders”.

- Cutting equipment to the requirements of DIN 14751, Part 2, “Hydraulically operated rescue devices for the fire brigade: Cutting devices”.

- Breaking tools to the requirements of DIN 14901, “Breaking devices, multi-part, with carrying holsters”.

- Rescue belts.

- Eye-douching devices to prevent corrosive injury by acids, alkalis, etc.

- Showers for extinguishing persons whose clothes have been set on fire.

- Self-rescuing respiratory protective equipment.

Equipment which can be used as rescue equipment such as, for example:

- halon fire extinguishers when used for extinguishing persons whose clothes have caught fire;

- one-man motor saws for freeing persons who have been jammed or locked in;

- portable angle grinders for releasing persons who have been jammed or locked in.

Source: Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgennossenschaften: “Erste Hilfe (VBG 109) vom 1. April 1979”, section 2, No. 5; section 3, para. 1, No. 2; and section 7, quoted in Klaus J. Gatz: Erste Hilfe im Betrieb (Sankt Augustin, Germany, April 1985), pp. 31-32.