The difference between EN 45545-2 and NFPA 130 in fire protection of Railway Vehicle

The difference between EN 45545-2 and NFPA 130 in fire protection of Railway Vehicle

  • September 17 - July 17, 2020
  • Trainng for the difference between EN 45545-2 and NFPA 130
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, XIAMEN, CHINA
  • (+86) 0592 3500085

Training Subject:

  • The difference between EN 45545-2 and NFPA 130 in fire protection of Railway Vehicle

Training Content:

  • Understand the test standards used in EN45545-2 and NFPA130
  • NFPA 130 focus on fire tests in connection with the thermal attacks and fire standards
  • Get a clear picture of correlations existing between NFPA 130 vs EN45545
  • Picture key differences et key convergences in term of heat fluxes, thermal attacks and fire scenarios

Reference Standards:

  • NFPA 130 Standard for fixed guideway transit and passenger rail systems
  • EN 45545-1 Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles – General
  • EN45545-2 Fire protection of railway vehicles-Requirement for fire behaviours of materials and components
  • EN 45545-3 Fire resistance requirements for fire barriers
  • EN 45545-4 Fire safety requirements for rolling stock design
  • EN 45545-5 Fire safety requirements for electrical equipment including that of trolley buses, track guided buses and magnetic levitation vehicles

Our Approach

There are 2 parts in our approach of training, Theory and Practice, our practical experts are skilled to connect them.

Theoretical Part:

  • Interpretation of terminology
  • Specific Interpretation of Product Standard, Technical Specification, Test Method, and Regulation and Policy
  • Discussions on principles and methodologies
  • Effective picture or video to aid understanding

Practical Part:

  • Guidance for the application of Product Standard and Technical Specification
  • Sharing and analysis of existing cases
  • Necessary visiting and operation in our laboratory
  • Practical analysis and answers based on customer’s questions

Why Choose Us: 

  • The Research team of CASfire headed by experts from related fields of the Chinese Academy of Sciences includes members from Fujian Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials and State Key Laboratory of Fire Science. They have been chairing and participating in several provincial and municipal state-level scientific research projects
  • The CASfire Fire Testing Center is CMA(China Inspection Body and Laboratory Mandatory Approval) accredited and managed according to ISO/IEC 17025:2017” General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories” (CNAS-CL01:2008)
  • Based on the scientific research platform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CASfire Material Analysis Center has tens of advanced analytical and testing instruments worth more than USD 10 million. And our experts will also provide with you professional advice and suggestion basing on analysis.
  • We will do detailed technical survey of pre-training
  • We have more than 5 000 cases study for your reference
  • We are good at Improvement-based theory and Practice
  • You will be invited to visit the laboratory and test operation if necessary, to intuitively understand the test method
  • It is a Open question-and-answer sessions
  • Date: Jul.17, 2020
  • Location: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China
  • Language: Chinese or English
  • Duration: 1 day

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