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This document specifies the requirements and describes the methods for design, installation, testing and maintenance of low, medium, and high expansion foam fire extinguishing systems. Foam systems may be used to suppress the release of toxic vapours but this application is outside the scope of this document. This document provides guidance for the design of various foam systems available to persons with knowledge and experience in determining the selection of foam fire extinguishing systems which will be effective in protecting specific hazard configurations. For the application of this standard, a risk assessment by a qualified and experienced person should be performed for both new and existing systems, however the risk assessment is outside the scope of this document. This document does not cover a risk analysis carried out by a competent person. Nothing in this document is intended to restrict new technologies or alternative arrangements, provided that the level of foam system performance prescribed in this standard is not lowered, and supported by documented evidence/test reports. All foam systems are generally unsuitable for the following: - chemicals, such as cellulose nitrate, that release sufficient oxygen or other oxidizing agents which can sustain combustion; - energized unenclosed electrical equipment; - metals such as sodium, potassium and sodium-potassium alloys which are reactive to water; - hazardous, water-reactive materials such as triethyl-aluminium and phosphorous pentoxide; - combustible metals such as aluminium and magnesium.

This document describes performance requirements for portable fire extinguishers in addition to the requirements of EN 3-7+A1:2007, to demonstrate their suitability for extinguishing fires in rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries based on lithium ion chemistry with a limited capacity, as used in: - portable electronic equipment (smartphones, laptops); - power tools and domestic appliances; - portable medical equipment; - toys and radio-controlled objects; - drones; - bicycles. This document contains general requirements and procedures for extinguishing tests. The size of the extinguishing tests is comparable to the battery capacities in the abovementioned applications. Suitability for extinguishing larger fire risks, such as vehicle batteries and battery sets of stationary energy storage systems, cannot be validated with this document.

This document describes the test and assessment procedure for determining the contribution of reactive fire protection systems to the fire resistance of solid steel bars used as tension members, when exposed to the standard temperature/time curve specified in EN 1363-1. In special circumstances, where specified in National Building Regulations, there can be a need to subject reactive fire protection systems to a slow heating curve (smouldering fire) as defined in EN 1363-2. The corresponding test and assessment procedure are described in Annex E. The fire protection performance is determined by testing mechanically loaded steel bars in horizontal orientation. Information regarding the testing of additional unloaded specimens is given to assess the influence of the bar orientation and smouldering fire behaviour. The principles of the testing and assessment procedure can also be applied for other section shapes such as angles, channels and flats. This document does not include steel bars used as reinforcement in concrete construction. The document is applicable to steel bars up to a maximum diameter of 130 mm. In the case of rectangular bars, the maximum edge length shall be limited to 130 mm with a maximum aspect ratio of 2:1 against the shorter edge length. The test programme and the assessment are designed to cover: - a range of valid fire protection classification periods; - a range of thickness of the applied reactive fire protection system; - a range of steel bar dimensions and profiles; - a range of specified design temperatures; - a range of load utilisation factors in case of fire; - a range of bar orientation. This document also provides the assessment procedure, which prescribes how the analysis of the test data shall be made and gives guidance on the procedures by which interpolation shall be undertaken. The assessment procedure is used to establish: a) on the basis of data derived from mechanically loaded testing steel bar, any practical constraints on the use of the reactive fire protection system under fire test conditions (the physical performance); b) on the basis of the temperature data derived from testing steel bar the thermal properties of the reactive fire protection system (the thermal performance). The limits of applicability of the results of the assessment arising from the fire test are defined together with permitted direct application of the results to different steel types and sizes over the range of thicknesses of the applied reactive fire protection system tested.