DIN Standards Committee Firefighting and Fire Protection
DIN 14530-8
Fire fighting vehicles - Part 8: Group pumping appliance LF-KatS for the disaster prevention
Löschfahrzeuge - Teil 8: Löschgruppenfahrzeug LF-KatS für den Katastrophenschutz
Overview
The standard is the updated version of DIN 14530-8:1995-03 which was withdrawn without any replacement in April 2006 and has been prepared because the need for standardization for a disaster prevention group pumping appliance has recurred. The content of the standard is based on the specification "LF-KatS" ("Löschgruppenfahrzeug für den Katastrophenschutz") ("Group pumping appliances for disaster prevention") of the Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK) ("Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BKK)") from 2008-03-20. Group pumping appliance LF-KatS is a fire fighting vehicle for the federally-owned disaster control with a firefighter centrifugal pump driven by the vehicle engine, an installation for quick delivery of water, a fire water reservoir and fire fighting equipment for one group. The vehicle serves mainly to fight fires, convey water - also over long stretches - and to perform simple, small-scale technical assistance. Together with its crew it forms an independent, tactical unit. The crew consists of a group (1/8). This new federal fire fighting vehicle fulfils the following basic conditions: - fire fighting vehicle with a crew which consists of one group and fire water reservoir; - water conveyance, also over long stretches; - support of municipal fire services and state units during larger-scale damage scenarios; - integration in the existing fire service structure in situ; - autarkic flexibility. In order to achieve this, the new federal fire fighting vehicle is represented, as much as possible, by existing standardized vehicles of DIN/FNFW or by modules of these standardized vehicles. The Committee responsible for this standard is NA 031-04-06 AA "Allgemeine Anforderungen an Feuerwehrfahrzeuge - Löschfahrzeuge - SpA zu CEN/TC 192/WG 3" ("General requirements for fire service vehicles - Fire fighting vehicles - Mirror Committee to CEN/TC 192/WG 3") at DIN.
