Why adopting FIPEC fire Scenario (prEN50399)?
To be coherent with EC that adopted first the FIPEC1 Scenario as suggested by the Fire Regulators Group on 31st March 2004. Moreover additional technical reasons can be highlighted: • The validity of this Scenario has been proven by the FIPEC research; it demonstrate that the vertical installation is the tough one. • The reproducibility and repeatability of the prEN50399 Test Method – which is based on the FIPEC Scenario 1 – has been proven by a recent Round-Robin organized by CENELEC TC20 WG10 and carried out by 18 European labs (1) FIPEC – Fire Performance of Electric Cables – (omissis) The FIPEC research program (budget 1 MEURO) was set up to develop methods for measuring the fire performance of electric cables (FIPEC) based on sound engineering principles rather than prescriptive tests as the former will help facilitate the use of good measurement techniques and the introduction of fire engineering in this field. (omissis) www.sp.se/en/index/research/Fipec/Sidor/default.
To be coherent with EC that adopted first the FIPEC1 Scenario as suggested by the Fire Regulators Group on 31st March 2004. Moreover additional technical reasons can be highlighted: • The validity of this Scenario has been proven by the FIPEC research; it demonstrate that the vertical installation is the tough one. • The reproducibility and repeatability of the prEN50399 Test Method – which is based on the FIPEC Scenario 1 – has been proven by a recent Round-Robin organized by CENELEC TC20 WG10 and carried out by 18 European labs (1) FIPEC – Fire Performance of Electric Cables – (omissis) The FIPEC research program (budget 1 MEURO) was set up to develop methods for measuring the fire performance of electric cables (FIPEC) based on sound engineering principles rather than prescriptive tests as the former will help facilitate the use of good measurement techniques and the introduction of fire engineering in this field.
