Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano

Railway applications - Fire protection on railway vehicles Part 1: General
 N UNI EN 45545-1

Annotation

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.