Standard

This Part of IEC 62485 specifies the basic requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations. The requirements regarding safety, reliability, life expectancy, mechanical strength, cycle stability, internal resistance, and battery temperature, are determined by various applications, and this, in turn, determines the selection of the battery design and technology. In general, the requirements and definitions are specified for Lead-Acid and Nickel Cadmium batteries. For other battery systems with aqueous electrolyte, the requirements may be applied accordingly.

This part of IEC 62485 applies to secondary batteries and battery installations used for electric vehicles (e.g., in electric industrial trucks, including lift trucks, tow trucks, cleaning machines, automatic guided vehicles), battery powered locomotives, electric vehicles (e.g., goods vehicles, golf carts, bicycles, wheelchairs) and does not cover the design of such vehicles. The standard covers Lead dioxide-Lead (Lead-Acid), nickel oxide-cadmium, nickel-oxide-metal hydride and other alkaline secondary batteries.

ANSI Z535.1 sets forth the technical definitions, color standards, and color tolerances for the ANSI Z535 uniform safety color ANSI Z535.2 regulates requirements for the design, application, and use of safety signs in facilities and in the environment through consistent visual layout.

Storage equipment and systems connected to an EPS need to meet requirements specified in related IEEE standards. Standardized test procedures are necessary to establish and verify requirement compliance. These test procedures need to provide repeatable results at independent test locations and have flexibility to accommodate the variety of storage technologies and applications. This standard establishes test procedures for electric energy storage equipment and systems for EPS applications.

The standard identifies the minimum levels of competence required by responders to emergencies involving hazardous materials/WMD. This standard applies to any individual or member of any organization who responds to hazardous materials/WMD incidents. This standard shall cover competencies for awareness level personnel, operations level responders, hazardous materials technicians, incident commanders, hazardous materials safety officers and other specialist employees. Outside the United States, hazardous materials might be called dangerous goods (see Annex H).

The standard identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature.

The standard contains minimum requirements for a fire service-related occupational safety and health program.

This standard shall establish a common set of criteria for all hazards disaster/emergency management and business continuity programs, hereinafter referred to as “the program.” A.1.1 The Emergency Management and Business Continuity community comprises many different entities, including the government at distinct levels (e.g., federal, state/provincial, territorial, tribal, indigenous, and local levels); commercial business and industry; not-for-profit and nongovernmental organizations; and individual citizens.