BSI PD IEC/TR 62222:2012
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Fire performance of communication cables installed in buildings
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2012 | 48 |
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.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | English CONTENTS |
| 6 | FOREWORD |
| 8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 11 | 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations 3.1 Defined terms |
| 20 | 3.2 Abbreviations Tables Table 1 – Abbreviations |
| 21 | 4 Typical communication cable installations |
| 22 | 5 Legislation and regulation Table 2 – Typical cable installation categories |
| 23 | 6 Approach to fire mitigation 6.1 General 6.2 Compartmentation (fire compartments) |
| 24 | 6.3 Management of fire hazard 6.4 Cables that pass through several compartments 7 Recent project for regulation – The FIPEC [6] project |
| 25 | 8 Fire protection 8.1 Traditional approach |
| 26 | Table 3 – Traditional ranking of fire hazards Table 4 – Cable fire performance requirements |
| 27 | 8.2 Fire hazard considerations |
| 29 | 8.3 Fire hazards of cables 9 Test methods 9.1 Review 9.2 NFPA 262/EN 50289-4-11 Table 5 – Test methods |
| 30 | 9.3 EN 50399 9.4 IEC 60332-3 series |
| 31 | 9.5 UL 1666 9.6 UL 1685/CSA FT4 9.7 Other considerations 9.7.1 Sample selection |
| 32 | 9.7.2 Cable mounting 9.7.3 Conditioned environment 9.7.4 Real scale scenario 9.8 Test method conclusions 10 Fire performance requirements 10.1 Parameters |
| 33 | 10.2 Heat Table 6 – Typical communication cable materials |
| 34 | 10.3 Effluent smoke 10.4 Propagation Table 7 – Recommended requirements for heat Table 8 – Recommended requirements for smoke |
| 35 | 10.5 Ignitability 10.6 Damaging effects of fire effluents 10.7 Flaming droplets 10.8 Toxicity |
| 36 | Annex A (informative) Procedure for mounting cable – Typical communication cable installations Figure A.1– Procedure for mounting cable – Typical communication cable installations |
| 37 | Annex B (informative) Fire hazards/installations/applications/test methods for communication cables in buildings Table B.1 – Fire hazards/installations/applications/test methods for communication cables in buildings |
| 38 | Annex C (informative) Review of test methods Table C.1 – Ignitability |
| 39 | Table C.2 – Vertical tests (1 of 3) |
| 42 | Table C.3 – Horizontal tests for forced air systems |
| 43 | Table C.4 – Indirect measurement of smoke |
| 44 | Annex D (informative) Fire performance requirements Table D.1 – Fire performance requirements Table D.2 – Single cable burn test |
| 45 | Bibliography |
