FprEN 16630

Permanently installed outdoor fitness equipment - Safety requirements and test methods

Publication date:   Oct 29, 2026

Scope

This document specifies general safety requirements for the manufacture, installation, inspection and maintenance of permanently installed, freely accessible outdoor fitness equipment. This document does not cover electrically driven equipment, functional training facilities (typically with unrestrained weights) nor military style obstacle courses with restricted access.
The equipment is intended for youths and adults or users having an overall height greater than 1 400 mm to promote fitness by using the equipment to exercise. This document is not applicable to playground equipment for children (see EN 1176 series [1]), indoor stationary training equipment (see EN ISO 20957 series [2], EN 957 6 [18]) or free access multi-sports equipment (see EN 15312 [3]) even if it meets the requirements of each of these standards.
NOTE In this document “permanently installed outdoor fitness equipment” is simply called “fitness equipment”.