3. Rail transport
3.1 UIC regulations
Current international regulations are based on UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins Ferroviaires) leaflets describing the applicable test methods. This system is the minimum level required. If countries have more stringent regulations of their own, i.e. leading to a higher level of safety, these are then supplanted by the UIC. For fire behavior, the main sheets are :
UIC 564-2, which concerns towed equipment. It is not applied to the fire behavior of materials, as each country is free to use its own national standards;
UIC sheet 642, which relates to motorized equipment. It describes constructive provisions and requirements for detection and extinguishing systems.
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Bibliography
Standards
- Fire safety – Vocabulary. - NF EN ISO 13943 - Juillet 2017
- Road vehicles, tractors, agricultural and forestry equipment – Determining the combustion characteristics of interior materials. - NF ISO 3795 - Février 1990
- Railway applications – Fire protection for rail vehicles – Part 2: Fire behavior requirements for materials and components. - NF EN 45545-2+A1 - Mai 2016
- Reaction to fire tests – Fire spread...
Regulations
Automotive
Arrêté du 3 août 2007 relatif aux transports en commun de personnes, modifying the arrêté du 2 juillet 1982.
Directive 95/28/EC of October 24, 1995 relating to the burning behavior of materials used in the interior construction of certain categories of motor vehicles.
Rail
Interministerial Technical Instruction (ITI)...
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Automotive (France)
Union technique de l'automobile, du motocycle et du cycle (UTAC), Linas-Montlhéry (91)
French national metrology and testing laboratory (LNE)
Rail
List of laboratories performing EN 45545-2 tests: list of laboratories participating in intercomparisons on
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