PD IEC/TR 62222:2012
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Fire performance of communication cables installed in buildings
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03-02-2021
English
04-07-2012
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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
Bibliography
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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EPL/46
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 03/318326 DC. (05/2005) Supersedes 09/30193524 DC. (04/2013)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
48
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
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.
| Standards | Relationship |
| IEC TR 62222:2012 | Identical |
| 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 |
| 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 2015-07-07 | 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 2007-02-16 | 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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