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BS EN 45545-3:2024

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Railway applications. Fire protection on railway vehicles – Fire resistance requirements for fire barriers

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BSI 2024 30
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This part of EN 45545 specifies the fire resistance requirements and testing methods for fire barriers for railway vehicles. The objective of the measures and requirements, specified in this part of EN 45545, is to protect passengers and staff in railway vehicles in the event of a developing fire on board. Use of a Fire Containment and Control System, where permitted as an alternative to a fire barrier, is not in the scope of this part of EN 45545. It is not within the scope of this part of EN 45545 to describe measures that ensure the preservation of the railway vehicles in the event of a fire.

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2 undefined
7 European foreword
9 Introduction
10 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
11 4 Application of fire barriers
5 Classification, requirements and test procedures
5.1 General requirements
5.2 Classification of fire barriers
5.3 Arc barrier Type A
5.4 Arc barrier Type B
5.5 Requirements
13 Table 1 — Fire barrier requirements
16 5.6 Standard fire resistance tests
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Doors
5.6.3 Non-standard fire resistance tests
5.6.4 Conventional classified products
17 Table 2 — Typical fire resistance performance of some homogeneous materials for fire barrier products
6 Evaluation of conformity
18 Annex A (normative) Requirements for mounting and fixing of test specimens
A.1 General
A.2 Terms and definitions
19 A.3 Product parameters and end-use application parameters
A.4 Restraint and boundary conditions
A.5 Size of test specimen
A.6 Number of test specimens
20 A.7 Construction of test specimens and verification
A.8 Installation of test specimen
A.9 Conditioning of test specimen
A.10 Joint construction
21 Annex B (informative) Figures relating to Clause 5
B.1 Locations of fire barriers (example 1)
Figure B.1 — Example 1 for locations of fire barriers
22 B.2 Locations of fire barriers (examples 2 and 3)
23 Figure B.2 — Examples for locations of fire barriers
24 B.3 Locations of fire barriers (example 4)
25 Figure B.3 — Example 4 for locations of fire barriers
26 B.4 Locations of fire barriers (example 5)
Figure B.4 — Example 5 for locations of fire barriers
27 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive (EU) 2016/797 aimed to be covered
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard, Commission Regulation (EU) N 1302/2014 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock — locomotives and passenger rolling stock’ subsystem of the …
28 Bibliography
BS EN 45545-3:2024
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