A Study into the Standardization of Using Fire Detectors in Rail Vehicles for China

Apart from using fire retardant materials, fire detection and alarm system could be another effective way to improve overall fire safety level of rail vehicles. And this has been suggested by the latest European Standard. However, in China, such application has not been well studied or standardized yet. Therefore, in this paper, by a study into major foreign standards and relating literatures, the author summarizes some major considerations for standardization of using fire detector in rail vehicles. And some suggestions as well as future work are proposed for establishing such standard in China.