Fire Test Standards for Building Materials in Various Countries

Fire Test Standards for Building Materials in Various Countries

European standard:

• EN 13501-1:2007:Fire classification of construction products and building elements-Part1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests

• EN13823 Reaction to fire tests for building products ― Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item

• ENV 1187 Fire tests on building materials and structures — Test methods for external fire exposure to roofs

British Standard:

• BS 476-3 Fire tests on building materials and structures — Part 3: Classification and method of test for external fire exposure to roofs

• BS 476-4 Fire tests on building materials and structures- Part 4: Non-combustibility test for materials

• BS476-5 Fire tests in building materials and structures Part 5: method of test for ignitability

• BS 476-6 Fire Tests on Building materials and structures – Method of test for fire propagation for products

• BS 476-7 Fire Tests on Building materials and structures – Method of test to determine the classification of the surface spread of flame of products

• BS 476-11 Fire tests on building materials and structures — Part 11: Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials

• BS 476-12 Fire tests on building materials and structures-Part 12: Method of test for ignitability of products by direct flame impingement.

• BS 476-15 Fire Tests on Building Materials and Structures Part 15: Method of Measuring the Rate of Heat Release of Products

• BS 7955 Containment nets and sheets on construction works – Specification for performance and test methods

• BS 5839-1:Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings — Part 1: Code of practice for system design, installation, commissioning and maintenance

• BS 5803-3：Thermal insulation for use in pitched roof spaces in dwellings. Specification for cellulose fibre thermal insulation for application by blowing.

• BS 5803-2：Thermal insulation for use in pitched roof spaces in dwellings- Part 2: Specification for man-made mineral fibre thermal insulation in pelleted or granular form for application by blowing.

Australian Standard:

• AS/NZS 1530.1：Methods for fire tests on building materials，components and structures – Combustibility test for materials

• AS/NZS 1530.2：Methods for fire tests on building materials，Components and structures – Test for flammability of materials

• AS/NZS 1530.3：Methods for fire tests on Building Materials,Components and Structures – Part 3: Simultaneous Determination of Ignitability,Flame Propagation. Heat Release and Smoke Release

• AS/NZS 3837：Method of test for heat and smoke release rates for materials and products using an oxygen consumption calorimeter

American standard:

• ASTM E 84 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials

• ASTM E136 Non-combustibility test

• ASTM E 162: Standard test method for surface flammability of materials using a radiant heat energy source.

• ASTM E648：Standard Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Floor-Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat

• ASTM E1354 Method of test for heat and smoke release rates for materials and products using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter

• ASTM D3675: Standard test method for surface flammability of flexible cellular materials using radiant heat energy source.

• ASTM D2843 Standard Test Method for Density of Smoke from the Burning or Decomposition of plastics

• ASTM E 970：Standard Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Exposed Attic Floor Insulation Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source

• UL 723 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials

German standard:

• DIN 4102-1 Fire behaviour of building materials and elements Part 1: Classification of building materials Requirements and testing

French standard:

• NF P92-507: Building- Construction and furnishing materials- Classification according to reaction to fire

• NF P92-501: Safety against fire: Building materials – Reaction to fire tests. used for rigid material or flexible materials thicker than 5mm

• NF P92-503: Safety against fire: Building materials – Reaction to fire tests. Electrical burner test used for flexible materials

• NF P 92-504: speed of spread of flame test used for the materials which are not intended to be glued on a rigid substrate.

• NF P 92-505: Dripping test with electrical radiator, used for melting materials

International standards:

• ISO 1716 Reaction to fire tests for building Products- Determination of the heat of combustion

• ISO 1182 Reaction to fire tests for products — Non-combustibility test

• ISO5658-2 Reaction to fire tests-spread of flame-Part 2: Lateral spread on building products in vertical configuration

• ISO5660-1 Reaction to fire tests-Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate-Part 1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method)

• ISO 5660-2: Reaction to fire tests — Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate — Part 2: Smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)

• ISO 5659-2: Plastics — Smoke generation — Part 2: Determination of optical density by a single-chamber test

• ISO11925-2:Reaction to fire tests-Ignitability of building products subjected to direct impingement of flame-Single-flame source

Canadian Standard:

• CAN/ULC-S102-10:Standard method of test for surface building characteristics of building material and assemblies

• CAN/ULC-S102-3：Standard method of fire test of light diffusers and lenses.

• CAN-ULC-S102-2:Standard method of test for surface building characteristics of flooring, floor coverings, and miscellaneous materials and assemblies.

• CAN/ULC-S135：standard test method for the determination of combustibility parametres of building materials using an oxygen consumption calorimeter.

• CAN/ULC-S127：standard corner wall method of test for flammability characteristics of Non-melting foam plastic building materials.

• CAN/ULC-S114-05:Standard method of test for determination of Non-combustibility in building materials

• CAN/ULC-S129：standard method of test for smoulder resistance of insulation(basket method)