• BS 6853 – Code Of Practice For Fire
Precauti*** In The Design And C***truction
Of Passenger Carrying Trains.
• NF F 16-101 – Railway Rolling-Stock, Fire
Beh***iour, Choice of Materials.
• London Underground Limited (LUL),
Category:CAT1, Number: 2-01001-002,
And other standa*** and guidelines, such as with
ASTM, CGSB, CAN/ULC, NFPA, ISO,MVSS,
Bombardier and Boeing standa***
Exova warringtonfire can conduct the following
test methods that are specifically called upon in
the aforementioned railway standa***:
Flammability / Combustibility:
• ASTM E162 / ASTM D3675
Surface Flammability of Materials Using
Radiant Heat Energy Source
• ASTM C542 / C1166
Flame propagation of elastomers
• ASTM E648 (NFPA 253)
Critical Radiant Flux of Floor Covering
Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source
• BS 476: Part 7 – Surface Spread of Flame
• BS 476: Part 6 – Fire Propagation
• BS ISO 9239-1 – Horizontal surface spread of
flame on floor-coverings
• EN ISO 4589-3: Annex A – Temperature Index
/ Flammability Temperature test
ISO 4589-2 – Determination of burning
beh***iour by oxygen index.
• BS 476: Part 4 – Non-Combustibility test
• EN 13501-1 – Fire classification of c***truction
products and building elements.
Classification using test data from the
following tests:
o EN ISO 11925-2 – Ignitability of building
products subjected to direct
impingement of flame. Single-flame
source test
o EN 13823 – Building products excluding
floorings exposed to the thermal attack
by a single burning item
o EN ISO 9239-1 – Horizontal surface
spread of flame on floor-covering
systems. Determination of the burning
beh***iour using a radiant heat source
o EN ISO 1716 – Determination of the heat
of combustion
o EN ISO 1182 – Non-combustibility test
• NF P 92-501 – Radiation test used for rigid
materials, or for materials on rigid substrates
(flooring and finishes) of all thicknesses, and
for flexible materials thicker that 5 mm
• NF P 92-503 – Electrical burner test used for
flexible materials
• NF P 92-504 – Flame persistence test and
speed of the spread of flame
• NF P 92-505 – Test used for thermal melting
materials. Dripping test
• ISO 5658-2 – Lateral flame spread on building
products in vertical configuration
• ISO 5660-1 – Method for measuring the rate
of heat release of products
• EN 60695-2-1/0 – Glow-wire test method
• EN 60695-2-1/1 – Glow-wire end-product test
• VIA Rail EST-3203-01-029
Seat Cushi*** & Mattress Assemblies
Toxic Fume Emission:
• BS 6853: 1999: Annex B.1 / NF X 70-100 – Mass
based toxicity test
• BS 6853: 1999: Annex B.2 – Area based
toxicity test
• Boeing BSS 7239
Analysis of CO, HF, HCN, HCI, HBr, SO2, and
NOx in combustion gases
• Bombardier ***P 800-C
Analysis of CO, CO2, HF, HCN, HCI, HBr, SO2,
and NOx in combustion gases
EN 45545-2: AnnexD – Test protocol for
analysis of toxic gases
***oke Emission:
• ASTM E1354
Heat and Visible ***oke Release Rates for
Materials and Products using an Oxygen
C***umption (cone) Calorimeter
• BS 6853: 1999: Annex D.8.3, D.8.4, D.8.5, D.8.6
& D.8.7 – Three metre cube test
• NBS ***oke Density
(Flaming and Non-flaming modes)
• NF X 10-702 – Determination of the opacity of
the fumes in an atmosphere without air
renewal
• EN 50268-1 - Measurement of ***oke density
of cables burning under defined conditi***
• ISO 5659-2 – ***oke generation.
Determination of optical density by a single
chamber test
• EN 45545-2 – Requirements for Fire Beh***iour
of Materials and Components.