NFPA requires a performance test for cutters, spreaders, combination tools, rams, pumps, and hoses.  NFPA requires that rescue tool manufacturers publish the results of these performance tests so that Fire Departments can use them in the evaluation of rescue tools………read more.

NFPA requires that rescue tool manufacturers hire an OSHA approved  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory  (NRTL) to test the tools to the standards set by NFPA 1936.….read more.