What is BS EN IEC 60695‑1‑12 about?
BS EN IEC 60695‑1‑12 is a part of the IEC 60695 multi-series that discusses fire hazard testing BS BS EN EN IEC 60695‑1‑12 is intended as a general guideline for IEC Product Committees and provides:
- An explanation of the principles and uses of fire safety engineering
- Guidance on the use of fire safety engineering in the design of electrotechnical products
- Fire safety engineering terminology, and concepts
- An indication of properties, data and tests needed for input into fire safety engineering assessments
- Informative references.
BS EN IEC 60695‑1‑12 basic safety publication is intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards by the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO Guide 51.
Who is IEC 60695‑1‑12 for?
BS EN IEC 60695‑1‑12 on fire safety engineering is useful for:
- Electricians and mechanical engineers
- Firefighters
- Technicians who are involved in fire hazard testing
Why should you use IEC 60695‑1‑12?
In the design of any electrotechnical product, the risk of fire and the potential hazards associated with fire need to be considered.
BS EN IEC 60695‑1‑12 is intended to guide product committees on fire safety engineering methods and performance-based test information needs for use in performance-based designs and fire hazard assessments of electrotechnical materials, assemblies, products, and systems.
The benefits of fire safety engineering include the following; it may:
- Provide design decisions based on quantitative and scientifically based principles, in order to make safer products
- Form an important element of the performance-based design of major projects such as airport terminals, train stations, transportation vehicles, stadiums, convention centres, tall buildings, bridges, power generation plants, and large atrium structures, which are of such magnitude and complexity that they cannot be optimally designed using only the currently available prescriptive tests and technical guidance
- Discipline the designer to follow a structured approach to fire safety design
- Determine how structures, buildings, occupancies and enclosures allow a comparison of safety levels for a variety of designs
- Enable drafters of regulations and codes to improve the consistency of information, and justify the removal of outdated measures
- Enable rules to be made for construction modifications which will provide an equivalent level of protection
- Allow changes to be made in the balance of active fire protection and passive fire protection while maintaining an equivalent level of safety
- Provide data to support design decisions that are based on prescriptive regulations/codes
- Facilitate more cost-effective design of complex structures while maintaining safety levels
