National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 45545‑1:2013. It supersedes DD CEN/TS 45545‑1:2009, which is withdrawn. Together with BS EN 45545‑2:2013+A1:2015, BS EN 45545‑3:2013, BS EN 45545‑4:2013, BS EN 45545‑5:2013+A1:2015, BS EN 45545‑6:2013 and BS EN 45545‑7:2013, it supersedes BS 6853:1999 which will be withdrawn on 31 March 2016.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FSH/19, Fire Precautions in Railway Transport.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 July 2013.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 7 December 2012.

CEN and CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN and CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN and CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN and CENELEC members are the national standards bodies and national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 45545‑1:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 256 “Railway applications”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2016.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes CEN/TS 45545‑1:2009.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive 2008/57/EC.

For relationship with EU Directive 2008/57/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This series of European standards Railway applications — Fire protection on railway vehicles consists of:

Part 1: General;
Part 2: Requirements for fire behaviour of materials and components;
Part 3: Fire resistance requirements for fire barriers;
Part 4: Fire safety requirements for railway rolling stock design;
Part 5: Fire safety requirements for electrical equipment including that of trolley buses, track guided buses and magnetic levitation vehicles;
Part 6: Fire control and management systems;
Part 7: Fire safety requirements for flammable liquid and flammable gas installations.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

EN 45545 is developed from existing fire safety regulations for railway vehicles from the International Union of Railways (UIC) and different European countries.

In using the Operation and Design Categories defined in this part, the requirements laid down in the different parts of EN 45545 will take into account the current operating conditions for European public rail transport.

1 Scope

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 energy shut down (Part 6).

The ultimate objective in the event of a fire on board is to allow passengers and staff to evacuate the railway vehicle and reach a place of safety.

The present European Standard describes the measures to be taken in the design of the vehicles in the context of the infrastructure on which they operate.

It is not within the scope of EN 45545 to describe measures that ensure the preservation of the vehicles in the event of a fire beyond what is required to fulfil the objective to protect passengers and staff.

This European Standard is valid for railway vehicles as defined in Clause 3.

Freight transportation vehicles are not covered by EN 45545.

This part of EN 45545 covers:

principal definitions;
Operation Categories;
Design Categories;
fire safety objectives;
general requirements for fire protection measures and their evaluation of conformity.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Objectives

4.1 General

4.2 Fire resulting from accidental ignition or arson

4.3 Fire resulting from technical defects

4.4 Fire resulting from larger ignition models than those described in 4.2 and 4.3

5 Operation Categories and Design Categories of railway vehicles

5.1 General

5.2 Operation Categories

5.3 Design Categories

6 Vehicle classification

7 Fire protection measures

8 Evaluation of conformity

8.1 General

8.2 Design verification and validation

8.3 Quality management

Bibliography

BS EN 45545-1:2013

Railway applications. Fire protection on railway vehicles - General

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2013