What is BS EN 17064 about?
BS EN 17064 is the European standard on cableway installations that discusses the safety requirements against fire conditions.
BS EN 17064 establishes the safety requirements that apply to prevention and fight against fire in cableway installations designed to carry persons.
BS EN 17064 defines safety principles relating to the prevention of and fight against fires in terms of design, operability, and maintainability of cableway installations, and operation and maintenance instructions.
BS EN 17064 supplements the existing standards listed in the foreword exclusively in respect of aspects of fire prevention and firefighting.
NOTE: BS EN 17064 does not apply to cableway installations for the transportation of goods nor to lifts.
Who is BS EN 17064 for?
BS EN 17064 on cableway installations is useful for:
- Designer of cableway installations
- Manufacturers of cableway equipment
Why should you use BS EN 17064?
The cableway installations designed for carrying people must draw up safety measures against fire protection to ensure the safety of passengers as well as staff.
The safety principles are set out in BS EN 17064 in the design, operation, and maintenance of cable installations.
Safety measures are provided in BS EN 17064 ensuring that carries passengers or persons present in the station avoid being injured by fire or choked by smoke.
The safety analysis on fire mode is given in BS EN 17064 intended to facilitate the recovery of carriers in the event of a fire outside of electrical spaces (e.g. control point, transformer space, low-voltage space) or machinery spaces.
BS EN 17064 navigates you through the general properties of materials for cableway installations such as electrical cabinets, wiring and lighting, and batteries.
BS EN 17064 provides requirements for spaces, buildings, and lines to prevent fire from spreading from within a space to the rest of the cableway installation.
Overall, BS EN 17064 specifies guidelines for the operation and maintenance of cableway installations designed to carry persons ensuring users that the product will not compromise their safety and guarantees certain common safety against fire situations.
