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AGENDA

NFPA Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings NFPA 555 SECOND DRAFT MEETING

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Teleconference

http://nfpa.adobeconnect.com/kbmeeting/ Conference phone number: US/Canada toll free: 1-877-860-3058

Participant code: 955879

1. Call to Order. Call meeting to order by Chair, Steve Wolin, at 11:00 a.m. EDT on

September 15, 2015.

2. Self-introduction of Committee Members and Guests. For a current committee roster,

see pg. 2.

3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes. Approve the 16 September 2014 meeting

minutes, see pg. 5.

4. The New Process –Second Draft Stage Review. See handouts from PowerPoint

presentation, see pg. 12.

5. NFPA 555 Second Draft Preparation. For public comments, see pg. 18.

6. New Business.

7. Adjournment.

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Address List No PhoneHazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings HAR-AAA

Kristin Bigda09/08/2015

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Steven D. Wolin

ChairReliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc.1470 Smith Grove RoadLiberty, SC 29657-4305

M 9/30/2004HAR-AAA

Farid Alfawakhiri

PrincipalAmerican Iron and Steel Institute380 Cottonwood LaneNaperville, IL 60540-5020

M 9/30/2004

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Craig L. Beyler

PrincipalJENSEN HUGHES3610 Commerce Drive, Suite 817Baltimore, MD 21227-1652Alternate: Nestor R. Iwankiw

SE 1/1/1992HAR-AAA

David A. Boverman

PrincipalNSW Rural Fire Service15 Carter StreetLidcombe, NSW, 2141 AustraliaAlternate: Shaohua Xia

E 7/23/2008

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Elizabeth C. Buc

PrincipalFire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC33025 Industrial RoadLivonia, MI 48150-1619

RT 4/17/2002HAR-AAA

David G. Bueche

PrincipalHoover Treated Wood Products13768 West Asbury CircleLakewood, CO 80228

M 3/15/2007

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Michael T. Burr

PrincipalSafety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.27803 College Park DriveWarren, MI 48088-4879Alternate: Jerry W. Wallace

RT 10/18/2011HAR-AAA

Marcos Chaos

PrincipalFM Global1151 Boston-Providence TpkeNorwood, MA 02062Alternate: Richard J. Davis

I 07/29/2013

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Cam Cope

PrincipalAuto Fire and Safety Consultants18500 Trails End RoadConroe, TX 77385

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Alberto Cusimano

PrincipalALSTOM Power Inc.Hofwiesenstrasse 269Zurich, 8050 Switzerland

M 08/11/2014

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Gordon H. Damant

PrincipalInter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of California3550 Watt Avenue, Suite 6Sacramento, CA 95821

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Jason Daniels

PrincipalCode Consultants, Inc.2043 Woodland Parkway, Suite 300Saint Louis, MO 63146-4235

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Marcelo M. Hirschler

PrincipalGBH International2 Friar’s LaneMill Valley, CA 94941Alternate: Timothy Earl

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Xianxu (Sherri) Hu

PrincipalInsurance Services Office, Inc.545 Washington Boulevard, 18-9Jersey City, NJ 07310-1607

I 03/07/2013

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William E. Koffel

PrincipalKoffel Associates, Inc.8815 Centre Park Drive, Suite 200Columbia, MD 21045-2107Alternate: Erik H. Anderson

SE 1/1/1990HAR-AAA

Sergei V. Levchik

PrincipalIsrael Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP)430 Saw Mill River RoadArdsley, NY 10502-2605

M 10/28/2008

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Richard T. Long, Jr.

PrincipalExponent, Inc.17000 Science Drive, Suite 200Bowie, MD 20715-4427Upholstered Furniture Action Council

M 10/27/2009HAR-AAA

Jeffrey Santrock

PrincipalGeneral Motors Company30200 Mound, Mail Code 480-111-E20Warren, MI 48090Alliance of Automobile ManufacturersAlternate: William Randall Edwards

M 7/28/2006

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Dwayne E. Sloan

PrincipalUL LLC12 Laboratory DrivePO Box 13995Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3995Alternate: Randall K. Laymon

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Peter J. Willse

PrincipalGlobal Asset Protection Services100 Constitution Plaza, 12th FloorHartford, CT 06103Alternate: John A. Frank

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Erik H. Anderson

AlternateKoffel Associates, Inc.8815 Centre Park Drive, Suite 200Columbia, MD 21045-2107Principal: William E. Koffel

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Richard J. Davis

AlternateFM Global1151 Boston-Providence TurnpikePO Box 9102Norwood, MA 02062-9102Principal: Marcos Chaos

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Timothy Earl

AlternateGBH International6862 Shallowford WayPortage, MI 49024Principal: Marcelo M. Hirschler

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William Randall Edwards

AlternateAlliance of Automobile Manufacturers34167 Alta Loma DriveFarmington, MI 48335Alliance of Automobile ManufacturersPrincipal: Jeffrey Santrock

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John A. Frank

AlternateGlobal Asset Protection Services111 Club CircleStockbridge, GA 30281Principal: Peter J. Willse

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Nestor R. Iwankiw

AlternateJENSEN HUGHES5953 North Oconto AvenueChicago, IL 60631Principal: Craig L. Beyler

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Randall K. Laymon

AlternateUL LLC333 Pfingsten RoadNorthbrook, IL 60062-2096Principal: Dwayne E. Sloan

RT 3/4/2008HAR-AAA

Jerry W. Wallace

AlternateSafety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.27803 College Park DriveWarren, MI 48088-4879Principal: Michael T. Burr

RT 10/18/2011

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Shaohua Xia

AlternateFire & Rescue New South WalesAmarina Avenue, 2190Greenacre, NSW, 2190Principal: David A. Boverman

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Kristin Bigda

Staff LiaisonNational Fire Protection Association1 Batterymarch ParkQuincy, MA 02169-7471

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MINUTES

NFPA Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings

NFPA 556 and NFPA 557 SECOND DRAFT MEETING NFPA 555 FIRST DRAFT MEETING

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Teleconference

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chair, Steve Wolin, at 11:00 a.m. EDT on September 16, 2014. S.Wolin had to leave the meeting at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Tim

2. Self-introduction of Committee Members and Guests.

The following members were in attendance:

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT

NAME COMPANY Steven Wolin, Chair Code Consultants Farid Alfawakhiri, Principal American Iron and Steel Institute Elizabeth Buc, Principal Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC Michael Burr, Principal Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Marcos Chaos, Principal FM Global Alberto Cusimano, Principal Alstom Power Inc. Gordon Damant, Principal Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of

California Jason Daniels, Principal Code Consultants, Inc. Marcelo Hirschler, Principal GBH International Xianxu Hu, Principal Insurance Services Office, Inc. William Koffel, Principal Koffel Associates, Inc. Richard Long, Principal Exponent, Inc.

Rep.: Upholstered Furniture Action Council Jeffrey Santrock, Principal General Motors, LLC

Rep.: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Dwayne Sloan, Principal Underwriters Laboratories Peter Willse, Principal XL Global Asset Protection Services

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Richard Davis, Alternate to Marcos Chaos

FM Global

Timothy Earl, Alternate to Marcelo M. Hirschler

GBH International

John Frank, Alternate to Peter Willse

XL Global Asset Protection Services

Randall K. Laymon, Alternate to Dwayne E. Sloan

UL LLC

The following members were not in attendance:

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT

NAME COMPANY Craig Beyler, Principal Hughes/RJA David Boverman, Principal New South Wales Rural Fire Service David Bueche, Principal Hoover Treated Wood Products Cam Cope, Principal Auto Fire and Safety Consultants Sergei Levchik, Principal Israil Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP) Nestor Iwankiw, Alternate to Craig Beyler

Hughes Associates, Inc.

Shaohua, Xia, Alternate to David Boverman

Fire & Rescue New South Wales

3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes. The September 18, 2013 meeting minutes were approved with no modifications.

4. The New Process Second Draft Stage Review (556/557) - K. Bigda. Staff reviewed the second draft meeting procedures and timeline for subsequent activities (e.g., NITMAM submittals). See the meeting agenda for the PowerPoint slide presentation.

5. NFPA 556 Second Draft (formerly ROC) Preparation. All public comments, and committee inputs (if applicable) were addressed. Additional Second Revisions were developed as needed. See Second Draft ballot package and draft.

6. NFPA 557 Second Draft (formerly ROC) Preparation. All public comments, and

committee inputs (if applicable) were addressed. Additional Second Revisions were developed as needed. See Second Draft ballot package and draft.

7. The New Process First Draft Stage Review - K. Bigda. Staff reviewed the first draft

meeting procedures and timeline for subsequent document activities. See the meeting agenda for the PowerPoint slide presentation.

8. NFPA 555 First Draft Preparation. All public inputs were addressed. Additional First Revisions were developed as needed. See First Draft ballot package and draft.

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9. New Business.

� Document Revision Cycles: K. Bigda will discuss the current revision cycles for NFPA 556 and NFPA 557 with Chair, S. Wolin and decide if they should be moved to the same cycle.

� NFPA 557 Task Group: A task group was developed to further research the values for structurally significant fires in industrial and storage occupancies for the next revision cycle (See Committee Input #10). The task group members are R. Davis, J. Frank, and P. Willse. K. Bigda will provide staff support as necessary. An initial conference call is tentatively planned for October/early November 2014.

� NFPA Library/Research Presentation: NFPA Staff Librarian, Mary Elizabeth Woodruff, gave a presentation to the committee on NFPA resources available to Technical committees. These include the NFPA Library, Fire Analysis and Research Division, and Fire Protection Research Foundation. A copy of the presentation can be found in minutes Attachment A.

10. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 by acting Chair, Tim Earl.

Meeting Minutes Prepared By:

Kristin Bigda, NFPA Staff

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RESOURCES FOR

NFPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

September 2014

Research and Information Resources from NFPA

• Research Reports and Technical Notes from the Fire Protection Research Foundation

• Statistical Data and Analysis from the Fire Analysis and Research Department

• NFPA Archives and Research Services from the Charles S. Morgan Library

• Plan, manage and communicate research in support of the NFPA mission

• Independent charitable organization– Formed by NFPA in 1982

– Intended to provide data to support the needs of NFPA codes & standards

– Research funds come primarily from:o Private and public sector consortia

o Grants and government sources (e.g. DHS S&T, DOD, FEMA AFG, NIOSH, NIST, NSF, etc.)

o Multiple other sources (including NFPA)

Role of the Foundation How the Foundation Operates• Agenda Setting - research planning in

emerging areas

• Research Programs – Research projects to meet the needs of

NFPA Committees and others

– Projects range from small literature search type studies to major fire testing programs

• Benchmarking - state of the art symposia

• Funding (Sponsors): Where does it come from?– Manufacturers, trade associations, NFPA, federal

agencies, research organizations, nowhere, etc…

• Contractors: Who Does the Work?

– Consultants, research organizations, test labs, universities, NFPA Fire Analysis, volunteers

• Advisory Oversight: Project Technical Panel

– Typically small (6 to 15)

– Meet at important stages of project (start/end/other)

Project Participants… Who are they?

• Characteristics of Foundation Projects: (collaboration, cost sharing, independence, pipeline to implementation, communications network)

• Project Ideas:– TC struggling with an issue, via staff liaison– Industry wants to introduce new technology into

standard; needs data– Two opposing views on an issue and data needed– Data presented is not trusted by committee– Emerging technical issue – e.g. alternative energy– TC establishes ongoing research planning activity

Project Characteristics and Ideas

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• 2006: 4 Selected Projects (of 13)• 2007: 3 Selected Projects (of 22)• 2008: 3 Selected Projects (of 17)• 2009: 4 Selected Projects (of 17)• 2010: 7 Selected Projects (of 15)• 2011: 11 Selected Projects (of 40)• 2012: 10 Selected Projects (of 74)• 2013: 10 Selected Projects (of 51)• 2014: 47 Submitted Ideas (final selections

pending)

History of Code Fund• NFPA 58: Quantifying Heavy Snowfall (2013)• NFPA 415: Glass Boarding Bridges (2013)• NFPA 101: Evaluating Occupant Load

Factors for Business Use Areas (2013)• NFPA 1800: Evaluation of PPE

Electronic Safety Equipment Intrinsic Safety (2013)

• NFPA 1851: Defining PPE Care & Maintenance (2013)

Previous Code Fund Projects

• NFPA 70: Marinas & Boatyards Stray Voltage/Current

• NFPA 400: Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Fire Code Gap Analysis

• NFPA 1144: Geospatial Research Compendium

• NFPA 5000: Developing a Quantitative Method for Height & Area Limitations

Review of Current Projects• High number of submittals consistent with recent years

– Due to growing understanding of FPRF role, growing awareness of funding, TC/TCC Chair training, outreach by FPRF staff

• Review Committee has prioritized the list of submittals

– Attempt to balance selections across National Fire Codes

– Considered technical relevance, problem magnitude, sense of urgency, likelihood of success, availability of other funding

• Still evaluating final selections, because:

– Potential for outside support on several projects

– Availability of intern or student for smaller, straight-forward selections

– Increase in available funding, and thus able to do more

2014 Code Fund Summary

Contact Information:

Kathleen Almand, Derek Deskins,

Casey Grant, Amanda Kimball, or Eric Peterson

Email: [email protected]

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Our mission

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What we research

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Hotels & motels Health careCare of aged Residential board & careEducational DormitoriesPrisons & jails Industrial &

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Sprinklers and other AES

Custom Services

• Custom research and analyses

• Updates of existing analyses

• Review of third-party research

• Assistance with literature searches

• Literature reviews, published incidents & custom narratives to illustrate specific points

Examples of Custom Work for Committees

• Firefighter deaths while operating in and on structures

• Areas of origin in hotel or motel fires with and without automatic extinguishing systems

• Summaries of apparatus crash deaths while responding to or returning from an alarm

• Structure fires starting in the attic, with and without automatic extinguishing systems, by occupancy type

• Cooking and fireplace/chimney fires in residential board and care facilities

• Searched OSHA investigation summaries for deaths and injuries in spray paint booths and dipping tanks

We’re Here to Help

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Charles S. Morgan Technical Library

Library & NFPA Archives

A Research Collection Founded in 1945

• 30,000 books, reports, journals• All editions of NFPA codes and

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• Photographs• News and academic journal databases

Information Services:• Conduct research to learn background

and intent of past code changes• Monitor news and public sources to track

new developments on relevant issues• Identify similar regulations/plans• Produce supporting/referenced materials• Verify/update non-NFPA standards &

editions• Consult on copyright issues• House referenced documents

Examples of Past Requests from Technical Committees:

• Research committee records to learn origin and intent of specific provisions in many NFPA Codes & Standards

• Provide the TC with all formal interpretations for NFPA 231C

• Purchase documents for a possible reference in NFPA 1

• Find examples of the importance of GSA participation in NFPA’s code development process

• Research the history of NFPA 59A beyond what is in the Origin & Development page

• Research history of rewrite to chapter in NFPA 231

• Send documentation for the first version of NFPA 69

Requests from the technical committees take priority and we are able to respond to rush requests.

We look forward to hearing from you:

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Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings

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Sept. 15, 2015| Staff liaison: K.Bigda: | Chair: S.Wolin


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Enforcer, 1 Member: 5%

Insurance, 3 Members: 15%

Installer/Maintainer, 0 Members: 0%

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Manufacturer, 7 Members: 35%

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Comment Stage (Second Draft):Public Comment Closing Date: _5/15/2015__Second Draft Meeting __9/15/2015_____Posting of Second Draft for Balloting Date: _12/11/2015____Posting of Second Draft for NITMAM: _1/18/2016____

Tech Session Preparation:NITMAM Closing Date: _2/19/2016____NITMAM /CAM Posting Date: _4/15/2016____NFPA Annual Meeting: _6/13-16/2016____

Standards Council Issuance:Issuance of Consent Documents: __2017__edition dateIssuance of Documents with CAM: __2017__ edition date

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Public Comment No. 2-NFPA 555-2015 [ Section No. 2.3.1 ]

2.3.1 ASTM Publications.

ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA19428-2959.

ASTM E119, Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials,2012a 2014 .

ASTM E603, Standard Guide for Room Fire Experiments, 2013.

ASTM E1321, Standard Test Method for Determining Material Ignition and Flame SpreadProperties, 2013.

ASTM E1354, Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materialsand Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter, 2014 e1 .

ASTM E1474, Standard Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate of UpholsteredFurniture and Mattress Components or Composites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen ConsumptionCalorimeter, 2014.

ASTM E1537, Standard Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furniture, 2013.

ASTM E1590, Standard Test Method for Fire Testing of Mattresses, 2013.

ASTM E1740, Standard Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate and OtherFire-Test-Response Characteristics of Wall Covering or Ceiling Covering Composites Using aCone Calorimeter, 2010 2015 .

ASTM E1822, Standard Test Method for Fire Testing of Stacked Chairs,2013.

ASTM E2061, Guide for Fire Hazard Assessment of Rail Transportation Vehicles,2012.

ASTM E2067, Standard Practice for Full-Scale Oxygen Consumption Calorimetry Fire Tests,2012.

ASTM E2257, Standard Test Method for Room Fire Test of Wall and Ceiling Materials andAssemblies, 2013a.

ASTM E2280, Standard Guide for the Fire Hazard Assessment of the Effect of UpholsteredSeating Furniture Within Patient Rooms of Health Care Facilities, 2013.

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Comment

date updates

Related Item

First Revision No. 3-NFPA 555-2014 [Section No. 2.3.1]

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: MARCELO HIRSCHLER

Organization: GBH INTERNATIONAL

Street Address:

City:

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Submittal Date: Sat Apr 04 16:29:04 EDT 2015


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9.4.6 Electric and optical fiber cables

9.4.6.1 Heat release of electrical or optical fiber cables is often assessed by conductingvertical cable tray fire tests.

9.4.6.2 It has been shown that, when vertical cable tray fire tests are conducted onelectrical and optical fiber cables, using test methods such as ASTM D5537 (StandardTest Method for Heat Release, Flame Spread, Smoke Obscuration, and Mass LossTesting of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables WhenBurning in a Vertical Cable Tray Configuration) , or EN 50399 (Common test methods forcables under fire conditions. Heat release and smoke production measurement oncables during flame spread test. Test apparatus, procedures, results) , both of whichassess heat and smoke release of bunched cables, the heat release rate results giveadequate indications of the fire performance of such cables in realistic scenarios(Hirschler 1992 a and b; Hirschler 1996; Hirschler 1997; FIPEC 2000; Van Hees et al,1999, 2000).

9.4.6.3 It has also been shown that the heat release rate results from these vertical cabletray tests can be, to some extent, predicted from tests using the cone calorimeter test asapplied to electrical cables, namely ASTM D6113 (Standard Test Method for Using aCone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of InsulatingMaterials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables), when testing is conducted atthe appropriate initial test heat flux, which is often considered to be in the range of 20-40

kW/m 2 (Hirschler 1994; FIPEC 2000).

9.4.6.4 Moreover, heat release results of cable fire tests conducted in accordance withASTM D6113 can often be predicted also from heat release results on the materialscontained in the cables when conducted in the generic cone calorimeter test method,ASTM E1354 (Barnes et al, 1996 a and b).

Also add into chapter 2 references to ASTM D5537 (Standard Test Method for HeatRelease, Flame Spread, Smoke Obscuration, and Mass Loss Testing of InsulatingMaterials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables When Burning in a VerticalCable Tray Configuratio, 2014), ASTM D6113 (Standard Test Method for Using a ConeCalorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating MaterialsContained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cable) and EN 50399 (Common test methods forcables under fire conditions. Heat release and smoke production measurement oncables during flame spread test. Test apparatus, procedures, results, 2011).

Also add the following references:

"A Comparative Study of the Fire Performance of Materials for Cable Applications. PartI. Tests on Materials and Insulated Wires", M.A. Barnes, P.J. Briggs, M.M. Hirschler, A.F.Matheson, and T.J. O'Neill, Fire and Materials 20 , 1-16 (1996).

"A Comparative Study of the Fire Performance of Halogenated and Non-HalogenatedMaterials for Cable Applications. Part II. Tests on Cables", M.A. Barnes, P.J. Briggs,M.M. Hirschler, A.F. Matheson, and T.J. O'Neill, Fire and Materials 20 , 17-37 (1996).

"Survey of fire testing of electrical cables", M.M. Hirschler, Fire and Materials, 16 (3),107-18 (1992).

"Electrical cable fire hazard assessment with the cone calorimeter", M.M. Hirschler,ASTM Symposium on Fire Hazard and Fire Risk Assessment", ASTM E-5 Symposiumon Fire hazard and fire risk assessment, December 3, 1990, San Antonio, TX, "FireHazard and Fire Risk Assessment", ASTM STP 1150, Amer. Soc. Testing and Materials,Philadelphia, PA, Ed. M.M. Hirschler, pp. 44-65 (1992).

"Comparison of large scale and small scale heat release tests with electricalcables", M.M. Hirschler, Fire and Materials, 18 , 61-76 (1994).


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"Correlation Between Various Fire Tests for Electrical Cables and Their Implicationsfor Fire Hazard Assessment", M.M. Hirschler, Fire Risk & Hazard AssessmentSymposium, National Fire Protection Research Foundation, June 27-28, 1996, SanFrancisco, CA, pp 210-230.

"Analysis of and Potential Correlations Between Fire Tests for Electrical Cables,and How to Use This Information for Fire Hazard Assessment", M.M. Hirschler,Fire Technology, 33 , 291-315, (1997).

"Analysis of and Potential Correlations Between Fire Tests for Electrical Cables, and How to UseThis Information for Fire Hazard Assessment", M.M. Hirschler, Fire Technology, 33 ,291-315, (1997).

"FIPEC Final Report on the Europeans Commission SMT Programme SMT4-CT96-2059",S.J. Grayson, P. van Hees, U. Vercellotti, H. Breulet and A. Green, 410pp, ISBN 0 95323125 9, Interscience Communications, London, UK, 2000.

"Assessing the fire performance of electric cables", P. van Hees, J. Axelsson, U.Vercellotti, H. Breulet, A. Green and S. Grayson, Flame Retardants 2000, February 8-9,2000, London, pp. 239-255, Interscience Communications, London, UK.

"An overview of the real scale tests in the Fipec project (Fire Performance of ElectricalCables)", P. vanHees, H. Breulet, U. Vercelloti, S. Grayson and A. Green, Proc.Interflam'99,une 28-July 1, 1999, Edinburgh, UK, pp.79-392, InterscienceCommucications, London, UK (1999).


This adds a product not previously included into NFPA 555. The initial public input got garbled within the online submission (including the fact that the title of one of the standards was mixed up). The concept is that electrical and optical fiber cables can be tested for heat release using vertical cable tray fire tests and that these tests can predict the results of full scale fires. Moreover, the results of the vertical cable tray tests (either ASTM D5537 or EN 50399, known as the FIPEC test) can, in turn, be predicted from results of cone calorimeter tests on cables (using ASTM D6311) and these can (to some extent) be predicted from results of cone calorimeter tests on the component materials (ASTM E1354). Several references are being added also.

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