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Welcome to the 15th Annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock
WHY ATTEND
Find out all the latest regulatory updates, streamlined evacuation procedures, industry best
practices and cutting edge technology to ensure fire safety is maximised on rolling stock. Hear
and interact directly with an industry leading speaking faculty to bring the industry forward and
bring home concrete fire safety strategies.
2019 Speakers
Keith Mack, Engineering Standards Manager, London North Eastern Railway (formerly known as Virgin
Trains East Coast)
Max Vibaek, Rolling Stock Procurement Manager, Metroselskabet
Werner Kurfess, Senior Project Manager, SBB
Jules Michel Penda, Railway Safety Assurance Manager, Alstom
Paolo Diana, Fire Safety Engineer, Trenitalia
Harald Zakovsek, Expert Fire Safety Rolling Stock, Siemens Mobility GmbH Austria
Fabian Braennstroem, Aero & Thermo Specialist, Bombardier
Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire Association
Pasi Nylander, Product Engineer, Talgo SA
Graham Neil, Head of Vehicles, Transport for London
Jaime de la Peña Llerandi, Head of Electronic Systems, Metro de Madrid
Antonio Traina, Responsible of the Materials and Interiors, Trenitalia
Daniel Lazaro, Quality Engineer, Talgo SA
Guillaume Craveur, Fire Safety Engineer, SNCF
Phil Hinde, Principal Engineer, Rolling Stock and Depots, Crossrail (recently retired)
Beth Dean, Advising Member, Rail Industry Fire Association
Jolanta Radziszewska-Wolinska, Head of Materials & Structure Laboratory, Instytut Kolejnictwa (The
Railway Institute)
Jörg Bünker, Head of Research &Development, SAERTEX LEO
Andrew Coles, Director, Jensen Hughes
Marc Gendron, Fire Safety and AeroX Engineer, Alstom
Thierry Dupre, Materials Engineer, SNCF
Steffen De Muynck, Product Manager, FLIR Systems
Natalie Schneider, Technical Leader Composites, Hexion
Massimo Farnesi, Project Manager, Ultrafog
Julien Kiehl, Business Development Manager, Walter Mäder AG
Graziella Ciancio, Sales Manager, Compounds AGFire Protection of Rolling Stock 2019
Programme Day One
27 February 2018
07:45 Registration and refreshments
Welcome to the annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock conference 2019. The dynamic programme this year is set
to provoke industry-wide discussion and interaction amongst the diversity of attending parties. The on-site
exhibition will enable interaction with top suppliers to provide fire safety solutions to ultimately maximise safety
on rolling stock.
08:20 Chair’s opening remarks
Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire Association
08:30 Revealing regulatory updates: Analysing the EN45545 Part 2 revisions set for 2019 to ensure continued
compliance
Highlighting the review of EN45545 as a two phase update
Distinguishing phase 1 as the EN45545’s reference to the new seat and toxicity standard as well as
minor changes clarifying recent conflicts
Review in general changes to the EN45545 as part of phase 2 to influence future fire safety provisions
Detangling the various HL requirements for rail vehicles to assess the possibility of having one required
level allowing for bulk material buying
Reviewing the EN16989 (published in June 2018) as a standard intending to replace the annexes A and
B of EN45545-2 of 2013
Examining the EN17084 approval process for September 2018 to get insight on its 2019 publication
replacing the annex C of EN45545-2 of 2013
Guillaume Craveur, Fire Safety Engineer, SNCF
Thierry Dupre, Materials Engineer, SNCF
09:00 People Bingo
The perfect chance to network and meet your peers. In this session, delegates will all be assigned a number and
tasked to find 3 other numbers in the room, ask them their name and top challenge and reason for attending
the conference. The delegate who completes this the fastest will win prize.
09:15 The Transport for London Philosophy: Maximising fire safety by exclusively utilising non-flammable materials in
the context of rolling stock in restricted area spaces
Assuring rolling stock cannot catch fire and self-extinguishes with no toxic flames to ensure passengerand rolling stock safety
Prioritising prevention and containment over suppression to maintain the integrity of materials and
allow for safe evacuation
Avoiding active systems such as water mists due to their weight and space burden to consume less
energy
Providing context in terms of environmental circumstances as an influencer on fire safety measures to
conclude that there is no one-size-fits-all solution
Graham Neil, Head of Vehicles, Transport for London
09:45 Session Reserved for Consilium
10:15 Highlighting the importance of the running capability of rolling stock for urban rail to prevent life loss and allow
for safe evacuation
Reviewing the possibility for rolling stock to get to the next station in the case of an incident to allow
passengers to escape
Analysing the normative requirements for Urban Rail
How to analyze a vehicle according to running capability
Referencing the EN 50553 running capability standard as an indicator of the 15 minute minimum
running time for rolling stock as an achievable benchmark
Considering the surrounding infrastructure as an influencer on the desired running capability of rolling
stock to fit contextual factors
Harald Zakovsek, Expert Fire Safety Rolling Stock, Siemens Mobility GmbH Austria
10:45 Session Reserved for Milwaukee Composites
11:15 Morning refreshments and networking
The exhibition will connect peers and providers whilst showcasing the latest safety solutions to facilitate fire
protection on rolling stock and address challenges.
11:45 Exploring fire and smoke compliance within rolling stock and tunnels to ensure standards are met
Comparing NFPA 130 to the EN45545 as a more lenient set of restrictions
Ensuring formal certification is acquired from material suppliers in order to present to international
clients
Explaining how to mitigate the effects of smoke reaching customers due to non-compliant signaling
materials being on board and in tunnels
Jules Michel Penda, Railway Safety Assurance Manager, Alstom12:15 Session Reserved for Fogtec
12:45 Reviewing the New Requirements for Seats Which Will be Required by EN 45545-2 Edition 2
Describing the new test regime required by EN 45545-2 Edition 2
Describing the detailed changes made to the full seat test method (EN 16989)
Debating the impact of the changes on the selection of seats and fire safety
Discussing the potential future opportunities to make further use of test data
Beth Dean, Advising Member, Rail Industry Fire Association
13:15 Compounds AG: Rubber compounds and profiles with EN45545-2 certification
Company presentation
Our range of rubber compounds with EN 45545-2 certification
Our profiles with EN45545-2 certification
Case Studies: examples of application to ensure passengers and rolling stock safety
Graziella Ciancio, Sales Manager, Compounds AG
13:30 Lunch and networking
14:30 Showcasing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as the next generation of testing to reduce high testing costs
and achieving accurate results
Measuring the possibility of computer modelling as a tool that can deliver the equivalent results to real
world testing
Using small scale simulations to validate the accuracy of CFD thus influencing its potential to be used
for larger scale tests
Utilising CFD to guide and plan tests by predicting matters such as heat release, force penetration and
potential outcomes
Overcoming the ambiguities of assumptions that can skew results of CFD by promoting accuracy and
methodology being showcased
15:00 Session Reserved for Scott Bader
15:30 SBB Case Study: Ensuring fire safety of rolling stock beyond the tracks by instilling safety provisions in depots and
workshops
Considering the need for fire protection in depots due to the high inventory cost of approximately 60
million Euros per cycle
Making use of active systems such as smoke detectors and sprinklers should a fire start in a depot tominimise inventory loss
Provisioning for adequate staff evacuation in depots in case of an incident to maximize the safety of
personnel
Differentiating fire safety provisions on the track as opposed to depots and workshops
Werner Kurfess, Senior Project Manager, SBB
16:00 Session Reserved for Aero-X
16:30 Afternoon refreshments and networking
17:00 Case study: Reviewing Trenitalia’s fire safety measures with the use of active systems at the forefront of
maximizing safety
• Introducing Trenitalia’s contextual factors influencing the firefighting systems on board to ensure consistency
• Highlighting the use of active systems as the best and fastest means of mitigating fires in extreme
circumstances (focus on the water mist system)
• Outlining the steps of the firefighting system homologation
• Ensuring staff are trained to evacuate passengers once detectors have indicated an emergency situation
Paolo Diana, Fire Safety Engineer, Trenitalia
Antonio Traina, Responsible of the Materials and Interiors, Trenitalia
17:30 Highest Fire Safety at Practical Costs: Cellobond™ solutions for composites to meet EN45545-2 HL3
Cellobond phenolic resins are intrinsically resistant to fire and allow manufacturing of composites parts
that meet all the most demanding FST standards including EN45545-2 HL3, without the need of any
filler or fire retardant
Cellobond phenolic resins can be transformed though the most common manufacturing processes for
composites, tuning reactivity through the choice of the catalyst
Cellobond phenolic resins are safe to handle and transform. UK Composites association recognized
Hexion with the Health and Safety Award 2017
Natalie Schneider, Technical Leader Composites, Hexion
18:00 Milestones in the performance of a project according to EN 45545-2
Introduction of standard EN 45545 in Talgo Train
Support to clarify the requirements of the part 2 of EN 45545. Explain how to mitigate project
development risk.
Performance of local suppliers according to the part 2 of EN 45545
Support to verify the requirements of the part 2 of EN 45545
Pasi Nylander, Product Engineer, Talgo SADaniel Lazaro, Quality Engineer, Talgo SA
18:30 Chair’s summary and close of conference
Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire Association
18:40 Drinks Reception Sponsored by Milwaukee
Fire Protection of Rolling Stock 2019
Programme Day Two
28 February 2018
08:15 Registration and refreshments
Welcome to the annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock conference 2019. The dynamic programme this year is
set to provoke industry-wide discussion and interaction amongst the diversity of attending parties. The on-site
exhibition will enable interaction with top suppliers to provide fire safety solutions to ultimately maximise
safety on rolling stock.
08:50 Chair’s opening remarks
Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire Association
09.00 Speaker Hosted Roundtables
Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best
practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts
and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network
and learn from the experience and expertise of others.
Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables
Roundtable 1 Taking EN45545 into consideration during major overhaul with driverless trains with reference to
material to remain compliant
Max Vibaek, Rolling Stock Procurement Manager, Metroselskabet
Roundtable 2 The future of fire detection certification on rolling stock
Steffen De Muynck, Product Manager, FLIR Systems
Roundtable 3 Considering the expectations from the fire fighters in different countries for both the rolling stock and the
tunnel infrastructure
Phil Hinde, Principal Engineer, Rolling Stock and Depots, Crossrail (recently retired)
Roundtable 4 Detailing rolling stock design in relation to self-evacuation as a means of ensuring faster passenger escape in
an emergencySession Reserved for Sponsor
Roundtable 5 Roundtable Reserved for Sponsor
10.00 Morning refreshments and networking
The exhibition will connect peers and providers whilst showcasing the latest safety solutions to facilitate fire
protection on rolling stock and address challenges.
10:30 Mäder Total EN 45545-2 Solutions: Gelcoats, Resins and Coatings combined with efficient Manufacturing
Methods.
Experiences and conclusions out of more than EN 45545 Projects: Solved Problems and critical/open
Subjects
Mäder Total EN 45545 Solutions: Total Systems with Coatings, Gelcoats and Resins pass
o EN 45545
o Humidity Resistance (DIN EN ISO 6270) Test (10/20 days without bubbles)
Improved Productivity with highly flame retarded Resins
o Vacuum Infusion for 50% lighter Front Masks
o RTM light as a more economical Alternative to SMC
Lightweight, high Performance flame retardant Carbon Fiber Composites
Julien Kiehl, Business Development Manager, Walter Mäder AG
11:00 Making rail safer by reviewing how we can better protect wheels, running gear and the heavy steel parts
Making rail safer by reviewing how we can better protect wheels, running gear and the heavy steel
parts
Axle bearings - Remote condition monitoring
Identifying areas of the rolling stock with minimal fire protection to devise better measures to
mitigate the impact they’d have in a fire
Fluids and control – minimising the effect of fluid release
What about non passenger vehicles?
Keith Mack, Engineering Standards Manager, London North Eastern Railway
12:00 Stimulating Panel Debate: Can we solely rely on results from Computing Modelling to validate our tests?
Debating the pros and cons of using computer modelling in relation to the accuracy of its results and
impact this has on fire safety
Prioritising the need for regulation in simulation due to the discrepancies caused by assumptions to
lead to more stable results
Detailing what a computer simulation standard would resemble to assess its viability of operating in
reality Leveraging support from different parties such as manufacturers, operators, committees and
regulators to move CFD as a norm forward
Fabian Braennstroem, Aero & Thermo Specialist, Bombardier
Phil Hinde, Principal Engineer, Rolling Stock and Depots, Crossrail (recently retired)
Harald Zakovsek, Expert Fire Safety Rolling Stock, Siemens
Andrew Coles, Director, Jensen Hughes
Marc Gendron, Fire Safety and AeroX Engineer, Alstom
12:30 Session Reserved for Contitech
12:45 Lunch and networking
13:45 A holistic approach to managing fire safety on a train in a sub-surface environment (I believe this is equally
applicable to high speed and metro environments)
Minimising risk by managing fire size
The importance of running capability, and the desire to avoid detrainment in tunnels
Use of active train systems for incident management - radio - CCTV - HVAC
Integration with tunnel ventilation and wayside fire-fighting systems
Phil Hinde, Principal Engineer, Rolling Stock and Depots, Crossrail (recently retired)
14:15 Optimising the use of water mists systems to maximise multiple wagon protection
Reference the installation of water mist systems to protect several passengers wagon
Pros and cons of multiple wagon protection
Highlighting the benefits of using a centralized system for multiple passenger wagon
Case studies
Massimo Farnesi, Project Manager, Ultrafog
14:30 Metro de Madrid: Identifying 16 years of protecting travellers with water mist
Reviewing the Causes that led Metro de Madrid to develop a fire protection system
Highlighting the fire protection system of the Madrid Metro whilst defining its parts
Tracing the experience of Metro de Madrid after 16 years of fire protection system operation
Jaime de la Peña Llerandi, Head of Electronic Systems, Metro de Madrid
15:00 Lightweight and next level fire protection - according to EN 45545 – by the use of SAERTEX LEO composite
materials
JEC award winner 2018: From plywood to composites floor panels in the ICE3 fleet refurbishment
The SAERTEX LEO series, variety of composite solutions in railways: from structural to complex
shaped interior parts
DIN SPEC 91236: a simple guideline for the use of composites in structural, fire-protected railway
partsJörg Bünker, Head of Research &Development, SAERTEX LEO
15:30 Afternoon refreshments and networking
16:00 Session Reserved for Sponsor
16:30 Adaptation of Polish passenger rolling stock to EU requirements in the field of fire safety
Fire test results for various material groups
Evaluation of CCS equipment and electrical equipment to meet the requirements of fire protection
Areas of EN 45545 requirements that are a challenge for the Polish railway industry
Jolanta Radziszewska-Wolinska, Head of Materials & Structure Laboratory, Instytut Kolejnictwa (The Railway
Institute)
17:00 Chair’s summary and close of conference
Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire AssociationYou can also read
