Bsi bs en 01568 4 2000

BRITISH STANDARD Fire extinguishing media Ð Foam concentrates Ð Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquids The European Standard EN 1568-4:2000 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.220.10 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BS EN 1568-4:2000 BS EN 1568-4:2000 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 1568-4:2000 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee FSH/18, Fixed firefighting systems, to Subcommittee FSH/18/3, Foam media, which has the responsibility to: Ð aid enquirers to understand the text; Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the ªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 45 and a back cover The BSI copyright 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