Railway Guide | EN 45545 – Fire protection on rail vehicles 1.2 Integration into EU law through the TSI LOC&PAS The fire protection requirements for rail vehicles are defined in an EU specification. This is typically called the TSI LOC&PAS. Clause 4.2.10.2 of the attachment describes fire prevention measures. For material requirements, please refer to TSI LOC&PAS Annex J‑1, clause 58. This refers to EN 45545‑2 as the standard document. Therefore, the binding regulation within the EU is that Part 2 of EN 45545 (EN 45545‑2 Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles – Part 2: Requirements for fire behavior of materials and components) is to be applied. The EN 45545 standard consists of seven parts. The fire protection technology requirements are dealt with in Part 2, or EN 45545‑2. This means that confirmation of conformity with these requirements is made in accordance with EN 45545‑2. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock – locomotives and passenger rolling stock’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union 4.2.10.2. Measures to prevent fire 4.2.10.2.1. Material requirements (1) The selection of materials and components shall take into account their fire behaviour properties, such as flammability, smoke opacity and toxicity. (2) Materials used to construct the rolling stock unit shall comply with the requirements of the specification referenced in Appendix J‑1, index 58 for the ‘Operation Category’ as defined below: – ‘Operation Category 2’ for Category A passenger rolling stock (including passenger locomotive). – ‘Operation Category 3’ for Category B passenger rolling stock (including passenger locomotive). – ‘Operation Category 2’ for freight locomotives, and self‑propelling units designed to carry other payload (mail, freight, etc.). – ‘Operation Category 1’ for OTMs, with requirements limited to areas which are accessible to staff when the unit is in transport running configuration (see Section 2.3 of this TSI). (3) In order to ensure constant product characteristics and manufacturing process, it is required that: – the certificate to prove compliance of a material with the standard, which shall be issued immediately after testing of this material, shall be reviewed every 5 years, – in case there is no change in the product characteristics and manufacturing process, and no change in the requirements (TSI), it is not required to perform new testing of this material; the certificate needs only to be updated regarding its date of issue. J.1 Standards or normative documents TSI Normative document Index No Characteristics to be assessed Point Document No Mandatory points 58 Measures to prevent fire – material requirements 4.2.10.2.1 EN 45545‑2:2013 relevant cl. (1) Excerpt from regulation (EU) no. 1302/2014 of the Commission of November 18, 2014 (Source: eur‑lex.europa.eu) Phoenix Contact 7