Protection Class – Quality Characteristic for Fire Protection.

Active in the field of light fire storage units, data cabinets, diskette inserts, data containers and data rooms using the European Standards EN 1047-1, EN 1047-2 and EN 15659 as a basis.

The requirements include fire endurance tests in the course of which the temperature increase in the interior of the secure storage units is measured. 

The additional fire shock and impact test carried out on data cabinets simulates the falling down of structural components (e.g. of the ceiling) on the product in the event of fire. The additional impact test made on type B data rooms and data containers is used to determine a specific level of mechanical security. In type A data rooms, mechanical protection is already provided due to their design and construction.


Protection classes of products for the protection of data and systems
Product Protection Class ECB•S
Certification		 Stress Limits
     

max. temperature
max. relative air humidity
Light Fire Storage Unit LFS 30 
 EN 15659
 172°C
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LFS 60 
 EN 15659
 172°C
 ---
Data Cabinet S 60 P
 EN 1047-1
 172°C
 ---
S 120 P
 EN 1047-1
 172°C
 ---
S 60 D
 EN 1047-1
 72°C
 85%
S 120 D
 EN 1047-1
 72°C
 85%
S 60 DIS
 EN 1047-1
 52°C
 85%
S 120 DIS
 EN 1047-1
 52°C
 85%
Diskette Insert  DI 60 P/DIS
EN 1047-1
 52°C
 85%
DI 120 P/DIS
 EN 1047-1
 52°C
 85%
Data Container C 60 D
 EN 1047-2
 72°C
 85%
Data Room R 60 D
Typ A
 EN 1047-2
 72°C
 85%
R 60 D
Typ B
 EN 1047-2
 72°C
 85%


Please note:
Light fire storage units are only subjected to a fire endurance test (without cooling curve).

The abbreviations in the table stand for:

  • LFS – Light fire storage unit to EN 15659
  • S – Data cabinet to EN 1047-1
  • DI – Diskette insert for installation into a data cabinet of protection class S 60 P and S 120 P, respectively, to EN 1047-1
  • C – Data container to EN 1047-2
  • R – Data room to EN 1047-2
  • 30 – Exposure to flames for 30 minutes
  • 60 – Exposure to flames for 60 minutes
  • 120 – Exposure to flames for 120 minutes
  • P – Suited for heat sensitive paper documents with stress limits up to 170°C
  • D – Suited for heat and humidity sensitive data media with stress limits up to 70°C and 85% air humidity
  • DIS – Suited for heat and humidity sensitive data media with stress limits up to 50°C and 85% air humidity