UNI CEI 11170-2 Railway and tramway vehicles Guidelines for fire protection of railway, tramway and guided path vehicles Design criteria – Measures for fire restraining – Signalling, control and evacuation systems

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION

This part of the standard provides the minimum requirements, depending on the vehicle’s risk
level in accordance with the UNI CEI 11170-1 standard, that have to be met in order to:

– minimize the risk of fires breaking out in a vehicle;

– contain the fire, after the latter has broken out, for the time necessary to evacuate the
passengers and crew;

– provide the necessary means for extinguishing the fire and/or evacuating the vehicle
quickly and safely.

2. REFERENCE STANDARDS
This standard refers, by means of special mention (which may bear a date), to various provisions included in other publications.

These reference standards are quoted at the relevant points in the text and are listed below.
As regards the references bearing dates, any subsequent modification or revision made to the concerned publications will apply only if they are introduced into this standard as updates
or revisions. As regards the references that do not bear dates, the latest edition of the publication referred to will apply.

UNI CEI 11170-1 Railway and tramway vehicles – Guidelines for fire protection of railway, tramway and guided path vehicles –Part 1: General principles.

UNI CEI 11170-3 Railway and tramway vehicles – Guidelines for fire protection of railway, tramway and guided path vehicles – Part 3: Evaluation of fire behaviour of materials – Limits of
acceptance.

UNI EN 1363-1 Fire resistance tests – Part 1: General requirements.

UNI EN 1364-1 Fire resistance tests for non-load bearing elements – Part 1: Walls.

UNI EN 1365-1 Fire resistance tests for load bearing elements – Part 1: Walls.

UNI EN 1365-2 Fire resistance tests for load bearing elements – Part 2:Lofts and coverings.

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UNI EN 1634-1 Fire resistance tests for doors and closing elements – Part 1: Fire-resistant doors and closing elements.

UNI EN ISO 1182 Fire reaction tests on construction products. Noncombustibility test.

UNI CEI EN ISO 13943 Safety in case of fire – Vocabulary.

CEI EN 50124-1 Railway, tramway, trolleybus and underground applications – Insulation coordination – Part 1: Basic requirements – Air
distances and surface distances for all the electric and electronic equipment.

CEI EN 50125-1 Railway, tramway, trolleybus and underground applications – Outfit ambient conditions – Part 1: Rolling stock outfit.

CEI EN 50153 Railway, tramway, trolleybus and underground applications – Rolling stock – Protecting measures against electric hazards.

CEI EN 50306-1 Railway, tramway, trolleybus and underground applications – Rolling stock cables featuring special fire behaviour
characteristics – Small thickness – Part 1: General prescriptions.

CEI EN 50306-2 Railway, tramway, trolleybus and underground applications – Rolling stock cables featuring special fire behaviour
characteristics – Small thickness – Part 2: Single-pole cables.

CEI EN 60352-1 Weld-free connections – Part 1: Wound connections – General requirements, test methods and practical guide.

CEI EN 61140 Protection against electric contacts – Common aspects of systems and equipment.

CEI EN 61210 Connecting devices – Quick-connect flat clamps for electric copper leads – Safety prescriptions.