- Author
- British Standards Institution
- Title
- British Standard Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in the Design and Construction of Railway Passenger Rolling Stock.
- Coporate
- British Standards Institution, England
- Report
- BS 6853:1987, 1987, 28 p.
- Keywords
- railroads | fire prevention | design applications | construction | passenger trains | codes | hazard assessment | fire spread | toxic gases | smoke
- Abstract
- This code of practice was prepared under the direction of the Fire Standards Committee and is addressed to the designers of railway passenger rolling stock and those responsible for its maintenance, modification, or refurbishment. It gives advice on the choice and testing of materials, the provision of fire barriers and means of achieving safe evacuation from a train on fire. Attention is drawn to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and the need to ensure that the tests described in this code are carried out under suitable environmental conditions to produce adequate protection to personnel against the risk of fire and/or inhalation of smoke and/or toxic products of combustion.