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2. Fires in electrical installations
2.1 Characteristics of electrical fires
A distinction must be made between :
fires caused by electrical equipment or installations;
fires originating outside the plant, but involving it in the process.
While the effects are identical from a certain possible stage of development onwards, the means of detection and protection on the one hand, and of control on the other, may differ in whole or in part. Only the first case is discussed here. To start and spread, a fire requires the presence of combustible materials, an oxidizer (air) and an ignition process (heat). In addition to construction materials, electrical installations contain elements that are conducive to fire...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Recueil d'instruction de sécurité électrique pour les ouvrages - UTE C 18-510-1 - 2012
- Prescriptions de sécurité d'ordre électrique relatives aux opérations effectuées sur les installations de production d'électricité ou dans leur environnement - UTE C 18-510-2 - 2013
- Prescriptions de sécurité d'ordre électrique relatives aux opérations effectuées sur les installations électriques ou dans leur environnement...
Regulations
Directive 76/177/EC of December 18, 1975 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers
Directive 79/196/EEC of February 6, 1979 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers
Directive 9/391/EEC of June 12, 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety...
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European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, CENELEC http://www.cenelec.org
European Committee for Standardization, CEN http://www.cenorm.be
European Telecommunications...
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