Heat window

In fire fighting, a heat window is a consciously accepted lower thermal protective effect in fire-fighting protective clothing . The aim should be to be able to better perceive high temperatures when proceeding in an internal attack and thus to be able to recognize the associated dangers (e.g. a flashover ) in good time.

This idea, which keeps popping up again and again, is rejected in the specialist literature. Recent accidents with serious burn injuries are usually due to insufficient protective clothing in connection with rapid fire spread, which is why the term warm window is also referred to as a heat protection gap. In addition, this mode of operation contradicts applicable European law. (EU Directive 89/686 / EEC).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b U. Cimolino et al., "Respiratory protection", ecomed Sicherheit, 4th revised edition 2004
↑ U. Cimolino, I. Horn, Ch. Pannier, J. Südmersen Statement on the publication of the Ministry of the Interior, the State Fire Brigade School and the Baden-Württemberg Accident Insurance Fund (pdf; 91 kB)

Web links

U. Cimolino, I. Horn, Ch. Pannier, J. Südmersen Statement on the publication by the Ministry of the Interior, the State Fire Brigade School and the Baden-Württemberg Accident Insurance Fund (pdf; 91 kB)
J. Südmersen u. a .: Warming windows , Atemschutzunfaelle.de

[ecomed-Atemschutz-1] U. Cimolino et al., "Respiratory protection", ecomed Sicherheit, 4th revised edition 2004

[2] U. Cimolino, I. Horn, Ch. Pannier, J. Südmersen Statement on the publication of the Ministry of the Interior, the State Fire Brigade School and the Baden-Württemberg Accident Insurance Fund (pdf; 91 kB)