DD CEN/TS 45545-6:2009 Railway applications. Fire protection on railway vehicles. Fire control and management systems
DD CEN/TS 45545-6 is a technical specification which specifies requirements for fire detection, alarm systems, equipment shutdown, information and communication systems, emergency lighting, emergency brake systems and fire fighting systems to cover the objectives defined in DD CEN/TS 45545-1.
The measures and requirements specified in DD CEN/TS 45545-6 aim to protect passengers and staff in railway vehicles in the event of a fire on board by alerting staff and passengers to a fire, delaying the fire development and controlling the movement of smoke. It is not within the scope of this Technical Specification to describe measures that ensure the preservation of the vehicles in the event of a fire.
DD CEN/TS 45545-6 is valid for railway vehicles defined in CEN/TS 45545-1.
Contents of DD CEN/TS 45545-6:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- General requirements
- Requirements for systems used in automatically initiated processes
- General
- Fire detection
- Response to automatic detection
- General
- Local alarm
- Remote alarm
- Response to automatic alarm
- General
- Selective shut down of energy
- Automatic public address
- Held open fire doors
- Fixed fire fighting equipment
- Requirements for systems used in manually initiated processes
- Passenger activated emergency alert systems
- Response to passenger activated alert
- Braking system
- Staff alarm
- Voice contact
- Fire fighting – mobile or portable equipment
- General
- Fire extinguishing media
- Placement of extinguishers
- Specific locations of extinguishers
- Function of systems under fire conditions
- Additional requirements
- Emergency signs
- Emergency lighting
- Evaluation of conformity
- Relationship between this Technical Specification and the Essential Requirements of EU
- Directive 96/48/EC, as amended by 2004/50/EC
- Bibliography
