EN 45545-3 Railway applications — Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 3: Fire resistance requirements for fire barriers
1 Scope
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.
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.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 1363-1:2012, Fire resistance tests — Part 1: General requirements
EN 1364-1, Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements — Part 1: Walls
EN 1364-2, Fire resistance tests for non-loadbearing elements — Part 2: Ceilings
EN 1634-1, Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door, shutter and openable window assemblies and elements of building hardware — Part 1: Fire resistance tests for doors, shutters and openable windows
EN 13501-2, Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 2: Classificationusing data from fire resistance tests, excluding ventilation services
EN 45545-1:2013, Railway applications — Fire protection on railway vehicles — Part 1: General
EN 45545-5, Railway applications — Fire protection on railway vehicles — Part 5: Fire safety requirements for electrical equipment including that of trolley buses, track guided buses and magnetic levitation vehicles
EN ISO 1182, Reaction to fire tests for products — Non-combustibility test (ISO 1182)
EN ISO 1716, Reaction to fire tests for products — Determination of the gross heat of combustion (calorific value) (ISO 1716)
EN ISO 13943:2010, Fire safety — Vocabulary (ISO 13943:2008)
ISO 834-1, Fire-resistance tests — Elements of building construction — Part 1: General requirements