DD CEN/TS 45545-2:2009

DD CEN/TS 45545-2:2009 Railway applications. Fire protection on railway vehicles. Requirements for fire behaviour of materials and components

DD CEN/TS 45545-2 specifies the reaction to fire performance requirements for materials and products used on railway vehicles as defined in DD CEN/TS 45545-1.

The operation and design categories defined in DD CEN/TS 45545-1 are used to establish hazard levels that are used as the basis of a classification system. For each hazard level, DD CEN/TS 45545-2 specifies the test methods, test conditions and reaction to fire performance requirements.

DD CEN/TS 45545-2 is based on 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 CEN/TS 45545-1, the requirements laid down in DD CEN/TS 45545-2 take into account the current operating conditions for European public rail transport.

DD CEN/TS 45545-2 does not cover the preservation of the vehicles in the event of a fire.

Contents of DD CEN/TS 45545-2:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Scope
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• Requirements
• Test properties
• Evaluation of conformity
• Standard vandalisation test for seat coverings
• Fire test method for seating
• Testing methods for determination of toxic gases from railway products
• Protocol for test specimen preparation in standard tests
• Relationship between this Technical Specification and the Essential Requirements of EU
• Directive 96/48/EC, as amended by 2004/50/EC
• Bibliography