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Standard Guide for Development of Fire Hazard Assessment Standards of Electrotechnical Products
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Scope
1.1 This guide provides guidance on the development of fire hazard assessment standards for electrotechnical products. For the purposes of this guide, products include materials, components, and end-use products.
1.2 This guide is directed toward development of standards that will provide procedures for assessing fire hazards harmful to people, animals, or property.
1.3 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitative measures.
Significance and Use
This guide is intended for use by those undertaking the development of fire hazard assessment standards for electrotechnical products. Such standards are expected to be useful to manufacturers, architects, specification writers, and authorities having jurisdiction.
As a guide, this document provides information on an approach to the development of a fire hazard assessment standard; fixed procedures are not established. Any limitations in the availability of data, of appropriate test procedures, of adequate fire models, or in the advancement of scientific knowledge will place significant constraints upon the procedure for the assessment of fire hazard.
The focus of this guide is on fire assessment standards for electrotechnical products. However, insofar as the concepts in this guide are consistent with those of Guide E 1546
A standard developed following this guide should not attempt to set a safety threshold or other pass/fail criteria. Such a standard should specify all steps required to determine fire hazard measures for which safety thresholds or pass/fail criteria can be meaningfully set by authorities having jurisdiction.
Keywords
electrotechnical products; fire; fire hazard; fire risk; fire safety; fire test; flame spread; heat release; ignitability; Electrotechnical products; Fire hazard assessment; Fire risk/safety; Heat release; Ignitability; ICS Number Code 13.220.40 (Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products)
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10.02 (Electrical Insulation (II): D2518 - latest)
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13.220.40 (Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products)
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Document Number
ASTM-D5425-08
Revision Level
2008 EDITION
Status
Superseded
Modification Type
Revision
Publication Date
May 1, 2008
Document Type
Guide
Page Count
7 pages
Committee Number
D09.21