A fire test is a means of determining whether fire protection products meet minimum performance criteria as set out in a building code or other applicable legislation. Successful tests in laboratories holding national accreditation for testing and certification result in the issuance of a certification listing.
Fire test in Sweden, showing rapid fire spread through burning of cable jackets from one cable tray to another
Components and systems subject to certification fire testing include fire rated walls and floors, closures within them such as windows, fire doors, fire dampers, structural steel, and fire stops. Fire tests are conducted both on active fire protection and on passive fire protection items. There are full-scale, small-scale and bench-scale tests.
Examples of fire testing for products and systemsedit
ASTM E84 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, also known as the Steiner tunnel test
ASTM E1354 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
ASTM D7309 Standard Test Method for Determining Flammability Characteristics of Plastics and Other Solid Materials Using Microscale Combustion Calorimetry
UL 2221 Tests of Fire Resistive Grease Duct Enclosure Assemblies
UL 1479 Fire Tests of Through-Penetration Firestops
UL 1709 Rapid Rise Fire Tests of Protection Materials for Structural Steel
UL 2085 Protected Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids
EN 16034 Pedestrian doorsets, industrial, commercial, garage doors and openable windows – Product standard, performance characteristics – Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics
FAR 25.853 [a-1] & ASTM E 906 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products, also known as the OSU Test
A fire test can also mean an ad hoc test performed to gather information in order to understand a specific hazard, such as a construction or storage configuration. Tests can be bench scale (e.g., flammable liquid flash point), medium scale (e.g., storage commodity classification), or full scale (e.g., replication of an entire rack storage configuration).[7] Typical information gathered from full-scale testing is heat release rate vs. time, smoke production and species composition, radiant heat, and interaction with fire control or suppression systems.
Fire test examplesedit
Many fire tests are run by official laboratories for the purpose of product certification. However, some manufacturers of fire protection products also maintain their own facilities and run tests for R & D purposes before going to the expense and exposure of a test at a third party facility.
Some universities have functioning fire research groups which are equipped to run fire tests on building materials.
^NFPA 13 Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems 2007 Edition, Annex C Explanation of Test Data and Procedures for Rack Storage
January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fire test news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message A fire test is a means of determining whether fire protection products meet minimum performance criteria as set out in a building code or other applicable legislation Successful tests in laboratories holding national accreditation for testing and certification result in the issuance of a certification listing Fire test in Sweden showing rapid fire spread through burning of cable jackets from one cable tray to another Components and systems subject to certification fire testing include fire rated walls and floors closures within them such as windows fire doors fire dampers structural steel and fire stops Fire tests are conducted both on active fire protection and on passive fire protection items There are full scale small scale and bench scale tests Fire testing considers all applicable provisions of the product certification Contents 1 Examples of fire testing for products and systems 2 Organisations that perform fire testing 3 Ad hoc fire testing 4 Fire test examples 5 See also 6 ReferencesExamples of fire testing for products and systems editASTM E84 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials also known as the Steiner tunnel test ASTM E1354 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter ASTM D7309 Standard Test Method for Determining Flammability Characteristics of Plastics and Other Solid Materials Using Microscale Combustion Calorimetry ASTM D2863 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Minimum Oxygen Concentration to Support Candle Like Combustion of Plastics Oxygen Index DIN 4102 Part 1 Fire behaviour of building materials and building components Part 1 Building materials concepts requirements and tests UL 94 Standard for Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances UL 2221 Tests of Fire Resistive Grease Duct Enclosure Assemblies UL 1479 Fire Tests of Through Penetration Firestops UL 1709 Rapid Rise Fire Tests of Protection Materials for Structural Steel UL 2085 Protected Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids EN 16034 Pedestrian doorsets industrial commercial garage doors and openable windows Product standard performance characteristics Fire resisting and or smoke control characteristics FAR 25 853 a 1 amp ASTM E 906 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products also known as the OSU TestOrganisations that perform fire testing editQAI Laboratories 1 Southwest Research Institute 2 Groupe CTT Group Canada 3 Currenta Germany 4 Exova Applus Laboratories NTA Inc Intertek Underwriters Laboratories FM Global National Research Council in Canada iBMB at Technische Universitat Braunschweig EFECTIS regroup CTICM amp TNO fire proofing laboratories 5 NGC Testing Services 6 Thomas Bell Wright International ConsultantsAd hoc fire testing editA fire test can also mean an ad hoc test performed to gather information in order to understand a specific hazard such as a construction or storage configuration Tests can be bench scale e g flammable liquid flash point medium scale e g storage commodity classification or full scale e g replication of an entire rack storage configuration 7 Typical information gathered from full scale testing is heat release rate vs time smoke production and species composition radiant heat and interaction with fire control or suppression systems Fire test examples editMany fire tests are run by official laboratories for the purpose of product certification However some manufacturers of fire protection products also maintain their own facilities and run tests for R amp D purposes before going to the expense and exposure of a test at a third party facility Some universities have functioning fire research groups which are equipped to run fire tests on building materials nbsp Private fire test furnace used for research and development by a firestop manufacturer nbsp Private test furnace ready to test a cable tray firestop system nbsp Furnace used in fire testing nbsp Following successful three hour fire endurance test application of hose streamSee also editFirestop Listing and approval use and compliance Product certification Intumescent Firestop Mortar Silicone Fire resistance rating Certification listing Dalmarnock testsReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fire testing Flammability Testing of Materials Fire Testing of Materials SwRI www swri org Retrieved 2017 06 17 Groupe CTT Groupe CTT Retrieved 2016 12 07 Services www analytics currenta com Retrieved 2016 12 07 Efectis Efectis Retrieved 2016 12 07 NGCTS www ngctestingservices com Retrieved 2019 09 05 NFPA 13 Standard 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