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Firefighter standards explained easily
Anyone who risks his own life for other people deserves a high degree of personal protection. To ensure this, the European Union has set uniformly valid safety standards for personal protective equipment. The standard for firefighters footwear is EN 15090 : 2012. In order to get a better understanding of what lies behind the requirements and test procedures of these standards, we extracted and explained some of the most important features. Find out more ...
Our shoe dictionary and encyclopedia
Companies in the footwear industry tend to use technical terms that are not always known by everyone immediately. We have taken us the time to collect and explain some of them in our small encyclopedia. If you think we have forgotten something or if you some words that you do not know the meaning of do not hesitate to contact us. To the encyclopedia
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Abbreviation for polyurethane. Polyurethanes are plastics or resins that we can find in any part of our daily life:for example in artificial sponges. In the shoe production, polyurethanes are used for damping and isolation in soles.