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Smoke and fire assessment with the fire propagation test
Author(s) -
Powel D. A.,
Martin K. G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810010304
Subject(s) - fire hazard , smoke , engineering , forensic engineering , hazard , fire safety , flammability , fire test , environmental science , waste management , civil engineering , environmental protection , materials science , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
Assesing the total potential fire hazard of modern interior surfacing of buildings requires a method which includes determination of smoke toxicity concurrently with fire and smoke production parameters. The Fire Propagation Box Test (British Standards Institution BS 476, Part 6) is a promising contender. It has been examined in the flaming mode as a method for evaluating smoke production concurrently with fire propagation indices for a range of surfacings, rather than resorting to a separate procedure by using fans with the same apparatus, as described in the former British Standards Institution Draft for relation to rate of burning the concurrent procedure is shown to be the more valied method.