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    Fire performance of communication cables installed in buildings

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  03-02-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  04-07-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
    4 Typical communication cable installations
    5 Legislation and regulation
    6 Approach to fire mitigation
    7 Recent project for regulation - The FIPEC [6] project
    8 Fire protection
    9 Test methods
    10 Fire performance requirements
    Annex A (informative) - Procedure for mounting cable - Typical
            communication cable installations
    Annex B (informative) - Fire hazards/installations/applications/test
            methods for communication cables in buildings
    Annex C (informative) - Review of test methods
    Annex D (informative) - Fire performance requirements
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    Gives recommendations for the requirements and test methods to be specified for the fire performance of communication cables when installed in buildings.

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    This Technical Report provides recommendations for the requirements and test methods to be specified for the fire performance of communication cables when installed in buildings.

    The recommendations relate to typical applications and installation practices for copper and optical cables in buildings. This Technical Report includes an assessment of the fire hazards presented by such installations, and describes fire scenarios that have been established and the appropriate cable fire performances to mitigate these hazards. ISO/IEC 14763-2 recommends installation methods which, together with this Technical Report, provide guidelines for improving safety during fire.

    The recommendations also take into account legislation and regulation applicable to the fire performance of cables, an assessment of known test methods and their ability to measure the recommended fire performance.

    Power cables are usually segregated from communication cables for electrical safety and installed differently so they have not been addressed in this Technical Report.

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    Committee EPL/46
    Development Note Supersedes 03/318326 DC. (05/2005) Supersedes 09/30193524 DC. (04/2013)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    09/30166429 DC : 0 BS 8492 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLING - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR FIRE PERFORMANCE AND PROTECTION
    BS 8492:2009 Telecommunications equipment and telecommunications cabling. Code of practice for fire performance and protection

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    EN 50399 : 2011 AMD 1 2016 COMMON TEST METHODS FOR CABLES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS - HEAT RELEASE AND SMOKE PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT ON CABLES DURING FLAME SPREAD TEST - TEST APPARATUS, PROCEDURES, RESULTS
    ISO/IEC 14763-2:2012 Information technology Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling Part 2: Planning and installation
    UL 1685:4ED 2015-07 Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation and Smoke-Release Test for Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables
    NFPA 262 : 2015 METHOD OF TEST FOR FLAME TRAVEL AND SMOKE OF WIRES AND CABLES FOR USE IN AIR-HANDLING SPACES
    IEC 60695-6-2:2011 Fire hazard testing - Part 6-2: Smoke obscuration - Summary and relevance of test methods
    ISO 9705:1993 Fire tests Full-scale room test for surface products
    IEC 60695-5-1:2002 Fire hazard testing - Part 5-1: Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent - General guidance
    IEC TS 60695-5-2:2002 Fire hazard testing - Part 5-2: Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent - Summary and relevance of test methods
    IEC TS 60695-9-2:2005 Fire hazard testing - Part 9-2: Surface spread of flame - Summary and relevance of test methods
    EN 50289-4-11:2002 Communication cables - Specifications for test methods - Part 4-11: Environmental test methods - A horizontal integrated fire test method
    IEC 60332-1-3:2004+AMD1:2015 CSV Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 1-3: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulatedwire or cable - Procedure for determination of flamingdroplets/particles
    IEC 60695-6-1:2005+AMD1:2010 CSV Fire hazard testing - Part 6-1: Smoke obscuration - General guidance
    ISO/IEC 11801:2002 Information technology Generic cabling for customer premises
    IEC 60332-2-2:2004 Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 2-2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single small insulated wire or cable - Procedure for diffusion flame
    ISO 13943:2017 Fire safety — Vocabulary
    IEC 60754-1:2011 Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from cables - Part 1: Determination of the halogen acid gas content
    BS 7671(2008) : 2008 REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - IET WIRING REGULATIONS
    IEC 60332-3-24:2000+AMD1:2008 CSV Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 3-24: Test for vertical flame spread of vertically-mounted bunched wires or cables - Category C
    EN 13823:2010+A1:2014 REACTION TO FIRE TESTS FOR BUILDING PRODUCTS - BUILDING PRODUCTS EXCLUDING FLOORINGS EXPOSED TO THE THERMAL ATTACK BY A SINGLE BURNING ITEM
    IEC 60332-1-2:2004+AMD1:2015 CSV Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 1-2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulatedwire or cable - Procedure for 1 kW pre-mixed flame
    IEC 60695-9-1:2013 Fire hazard testing - Part 9-1: Surface spread of flame - General guidance
    EN 50174-2 : 2009 AMD 2 2014 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - CABLING INSTALLATION - PART 2: INSTALLATION PLANNING AND PRACTICES INSIDE BUILDINGS
    IEC 60754-2:2011 Test on gases evolved during combustion of materials from cables - Part 2: Determination of acidity (by pH measurement) and conductivity
    NFPA 70 : 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
    UL 1666:5ED 2007-02 Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts
    ISO 13571:2012 Life-threatening components of fire Guidelines for the estimation of time to compromised tenability in fires
    IEC 60695-8-1:2016 Fire hazard testing - Part 8-1: Heat release - General guidance
    IEC 60695-7-2:2011 Fire hazard testing - Part 7-2: Toxicity of fire effluent - Summary and relevance of test methods
    IEC 62012-1:2002 Multicore and symmetrical pair/quad cables for digital communications to be used in harsh environments - Part 1: Generic specification
    IEC 60695-7-1:2010 Fire hazard testing - Part 7-1: Toxicity of fire effluent - General guidance
    EN 50267-2-3:1998 Common test methods for cables under fire conditions - Tests on gases evolved during combustion of materials from cables - Part 2-3: Procedures - Determination of degree of acidity of gases for cables by determination of the weighted average of pH and conductivity
    ISO 19706:2011 Guidelines for assessing the fire threat to people
    IEC TS 60695-7-3:2004 Fire hazard testing - Part 7-3: Toxicity of fire effluent - Use and interpretation of test results
    IEC 60695-1-11:2014 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-11: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Fire hazard assessment
    IEC 61034-2:2005+AMD1:2013 CSV Measurement of smoke density of cables burning under definedconditions - Part 2: Test procedure and requirements
    IEC 60695-1-10:2016 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-10: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - General guidelines
    IEC 61034-1:2005+AMD1:2013 CSV Measurement of smoke density of cables burning under defined conditions - Part 1: Test apparatus
    IEC TS 60695-5-3:2003 Fire hazard testing - Part 5-3: Corrosion damage effects of fire effluent - Leakage-current and metal-loss test method
    IEC TR 60695-8-2:2008 Fire hazard testing - Part 8-2: Heat release - Summary and relevance of test methods
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