Welcome to the 15th Annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock

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1 Welcome to the 15th Annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock W H Y A T T E N D 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 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 Fabian Braennstroem, Aero & Thermo Specialist, Bombardier 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 Joaquim Font Canyelles, Project leader, Stadler Phil Hinde, Principal Engineer, Rolling Stock and Depots, Crossrail (recently retired) Yeoh Jit Shiong, Head of Quality Assurance, Safety & Investigation, Land of Public Transport Commission, Malaysia 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

2 Fire Protection of Rolling Stock 2019 Programme Day One 27 February :45 Registration and refreshments Welcome to the annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock conference 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 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 EN of 2013 Examining the EN17084 approval process for September 2018 to get insight on its 2019 publication replacing the annex C of EN 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 passenger and rolling stock safety

3 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 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 Considering the impact of the increased use of electronic functions as a barrier to operability and capability Referencing the EN5553 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 10:45 Session Reserved for Milwaukee 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, Alstom 12:15 Session Reserved for Fogtec

4 12:45 Facing the seating crisis head on in light of recent ambiguities in finding compliant and fire resistant seating fabrics Debating the EN16989 as an adequate regulation for as the seat testing procedure established in June 2018 Reviewing the removal of seat test method from the EN45545 to feature as a stand alone regulation coming into play at the end of 2019 Revealing the difficulties in adopting leather seats due to its inability to pass fire tests and be fire resistant Moving towards best practice by combining the various seat testing methods to find out the most fire resistant seat fabric combination Beth Dean, Advising Member, Rail Industry Fire Association 13:15 Session Reserved for Compounds 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 Joaquim Font Canyelles, Project leader, Stadler 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 to minimise inventory loss Provisioning for adequate staff evacuation in depots in case of an incident to maximize the safety of personnel

5 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 Session Reserved for Hexion Italia 18:00 Milestones in the performance of a project according to EN Introduction of standard EN in Talgo Train Support to clarify the requirements of the part 2 of EN Explain how to mitigate project development risk. Performance of local suppliers according to the part 2 of EN Support to verify the requirements of the part 2 of EN Pasi Nylander, Product Engineer, Talgo SA Daniel Lazaro, Quality Engineer, Talgo SA 18:30 Chair s summary and close of conference 18:40 Drinks Reception Sponsored by Milwaukee

6 Fire Protection of Rolling Stock 2019 Programme Day Two 28 February :15 Registration and refreshments Welcome to the annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock conference 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 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. Roundtable 1 Roundtable 2 Roundtable 3 Roundtable 4 Roundtable 5 Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables Taking EN45545 into consideration during major overhaul with driverless trains with reference to material to remain compliant Max Vibaek, Rolling Stock Procurement Manager, Metroselskabet Showcasing the fire safety landscape in Malaysia as a progressive and reliant network Yeoh Jit Shiong, Head of Quality Assurance, Safety & Investigation, Land of Public Transport Commission, Malaysia 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) Detailing rolling stock design in relation to self-evacuation as a means of ensuring faster passenger escape in an emergency Session Reserved for Flir Roundtable Reserved for Sponsor Roundtable 6 Roundtable Reserved for Sponsor Roundtable 7 Roundtable Reserved for Sponsor Morning refreshments and networking The exhibition will connect peers and providers whilst showcasing the latest safety solutions to facilitate fire

7 protection on rolling stock and address challenges. 10:30 Session Reserved for Sponsor 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)

8 14:15 Session Reserved for 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 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 parts Jörg 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 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