Professional paper
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOOR COVERINGS ACCORDING TO THEIR REACTION TO FIRE – HRN EN 13501-1
Tomislav Pichler
; Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper discusses construction materials, floor coverings in particular, with regard to their fire properties in closed spaces. Fire properties depend on the stage of the fire, i.e. on the risks to which testing methods were adapted in the standards of different countries. The paper gives an overview of the development of testing methods and classifications, as well as the beginning of the first systematization of non-flammability testing (ISO/S 1182-1976) Today the European Union has a practise of standardized material testing (floor coverings) for the entire common European market. CEN/TC 127 Technical Committee prepared the fire standard known as HRN EN 13501- Part 1 which has the status of Croatian standard today, covering the matters such as testing reactions to fire and classification of floor coverings. It also provides new terminology, abbreviations and symbols. On the day Croatia joins the European Union, in keeping with this standard, by-laws and regulations will need to include required fire properties (required class) for floor coverings.
Keywords
fire safety; reaction to fire; floor covering; HRN EN 13501- Part 1; non-flammability
Hrčak ID:
79199
URI
Publication date:
30.3.2012.
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