German DIN Fire Helmet
In Germany most of the fire brigades still use the old German DIN fire helmet. This helmet is designed according to the old German standard DIN 14940 dd. approx. 1972. The helmet is made of aluminium alloy, it is painted with a yellow-green fluorescent colour and provided with a white reflecting stripe and a black leather neck protection. Most fire brigades use the helmet with an easily mountable visor. The design of the helmet is based on the German military steel helmet of the second world war. The German DIN fire helmet does not correspond to the presently valid European EN 443 standard for fire helmets as it is conductive. It is allowed to use the existing aluminium DIN fire helmets but not to obtain new ones for fire services. Some manufacturers produce fire helmets made of glass fibre reinforced plastic having exactly the look of the old German DIN fire helmet and corresponding to the European EN 443 standard. To avoid a different look of helmets in one fire brigade most of them obtain new helmets looking like the old DIN fire helmet.
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