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SR EN 45545-1:2013
Railway applications - Fire protection on railway vehicles - Part 1: General
The measures and requirements specified in EN 45545 are intended to protect passengers and staff in railway vehicles in the event of a fire on board. EN 45545 specifies: - fire protection measures for railway vehicles; - verification methods for these measures. The protection of passengers and staff is essentially based on measures to: - prevent fires occurring due to technical faults and due to equipment design or vehicle layout (Part 1, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 7); - minimise the possibility of ignition of materials installed on railway vehicles due to accidents or vandalism (Part 1 and Part 2); - detect a fire should it occur (Part 6); - limit the spread of fire by specification of materials according to their operational categories (Part 2) and by measures for containment (Part 3); - minimise the effects of fire in terms of heat, smoke and toxic gases on passengers or staff through the specification of materials installed on railway vehicles (Part 2); - control and manage a fire, for example by means of fire detection, suppression and/or emergency shut down (Part 6). The
Status :
Valid
Approval date : 8/30/2013
Number of pages : 24
ICS : 13.220.20 Fire protection,45.060.01 Railway rolling stock in general
Technical Committee : 146 - Railway applications
- Normative reference SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005
- Normative reference SR EN ISO/CEI 17025:2005/AC:2007
- Normative reference SR EN ISO 13943:2011
- Normative reference SR ISO 8421-1:1999