Height safety device
The term height protection is mainly used by volunteer fire brigades who deal with the topic of fall protection or PPE g. A. Use (personal protective equipment against falls) with the fall protection equipment set in accordance with DIN EN 14800-17 . The term height protection does not appear in the regulations of the DGUV or service regulations of the fire brigade .
Height safety at the fire brigade
The equipment set for ascending and descending devices in accordance with DIN EN 14800-16 for easy rescue from heights and depths of up to 30 meters is used to expand the fire brigade fall protection system. All other additions go into the area of SRHT height rescue (special rescue from heights and depths).
The official term for height safety in the fire brigade is therefore ERHT (simple rescue from heights and depths) .
When using the fall protection equipment set (fire brigade) according to DIN EN 14800-17, the planned free hanging of the emergency services on the rope must be excluded.
With the additional use of the equipment set for ascending and descending devices according to DIN EN 14800-16 , this option can be operated as follows:
- The maximum operating height or depth is 30 meters
- A redundant fall protection device (e.g. with the fall protection equipment set DIN EN 14800-17) is mandatory for exercises and operations.
- The use of self-contained breathing apparatus is permitted.
- Only full body harnesses with a seat belt in accordance with DIN EN 361, 358 and 813 are to be used.
- The manufacturer's instructions for the ascender and descender must be observed!
No training guidelines from the fire brigade are known for these activities. It would be advisable to have the training carried out by manufacturing companies or by SRHT height rescue groups. The training time is recommended in specialist circles to 40 hours. DGUV R 112-198 and DGUV R 112-199 are binding for company and plant fire departments.
Height safety device in operation
The term height safety device is also used in PPE g. A. (Personal protective equipment against falls from a height) in the company sector. The training in these areas takes place strictly according to the regulations of the DGUV. These are:
- Use of personal protective equipment against falling (DGUV R 112-198)
- Rescuing from heights and depths with personal fall protection equipment- (DGUV R 112-199)
These applications are tasks that can be planned in advance. In this way, in contrast to the public fire brigade, in these cases a written risk assessment can be carried out, as well as the correct fall protection equipment and rescue concepts.
In contrast to the public fire brigade, nodes are prohibited in the operational sector, as this can lead to unnecessary sources of error. In the operational area, we only work with pre-assembled systems according to DGUV R 112-198 and DGUV R 112-199.
Sources / web links
- AGBF recommendation height rescue on inneres.sachsen-anhalt.de
- FwDV 1 on idf.nrw.de
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Kehl - fire brigade - height safety on feuerwehr.kehl.de
- ↑ height safety group (HöSi) the volunteer fire department Neuburg ad Donau ( Memento of 18 May 2015, Internet Archive ) on feuerwehr-neuburg.de
- ↑ height safety group (HöSi) the volunteer fire department Plattling ( Memento of 4 March 2016 Internet Archive ) on feuerwehr-plattling.de
- ↑ Scheinfeld fire brigade, height safety departments on feuerwehr-scheinfeld.de
- ↑ HÖSG - district Deggendorf. Deggendorf volunteer fire brigade, accessed on November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.kfv-odenwaldkreis.de/uploads/media/DIN_14800-17.pdf DIN EN 14800-17
- ↑ DIN EN 14800-16
- ↑ DGUV R 112-198 on publications.dguv.de
- ↑ DGUV R 112-199 on publications.dguv.de
- ↑ BG RCI With rope and hook - but no perspective? on bgrci.de