NFPA 252-2017 Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies (Effective Date 12 01 2016).pdf

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11、n Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Copyright 2016 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 252 Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies 2017 Edition This edition of NFPA 252, Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies, was prepared by the Technical Co

12、mmittee on Fire Tests. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 11, 2016, with an effective date of December 1, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 252 was approved as an American National Standard on December 1, 2016. Origin and Development of NFPA 252 The Ame

13、rican Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) adopted Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies as a tentative standard in 1940 and as a formal standard in 1941. In 1942, the standard was adopted by the NFPA and approved by the American Standards Association. It was reconrmed and adopted in

14、1950 by the Committee on Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials. In 1953, a new NFPA Committee on Fire Tests was formed by action of the Board of Directors, and recommendations for revision of the standard made by that committee were adopted in 1958, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1984, and 1990

15、. The basic procedure covered by this standard was developed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and has not undergone any signicant revisions to the original concept. The 1995 edition introduced a new provision addressing the neutral plane of the furnace. That provision permits the testing agency to

16、establish the neutral plane of the test furnace to the specication of the particular need by conducting the test under either positive pressure or atmospheric pressure. The 1999 edition of NFPA 252 contained further editorial renements to harmonize the procedures and terminology with those found in

17、NFPA 251, Standard Methods of Tests of Fire Resistance of Building Construction and Materials; NFPA 257, Standard on Fire Test for Window and Glass Block Assemblies; and NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Fire Windows. The 1999 edition also provided greater clarication for the hose stream applicat

18、ion and procedure and the application and reporting of positive pressure testing for door assemblies. For the 2003 edition, the chapter layout of NFPA 252 was reorganized to meet the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents, with minor editorial revisions. Revisions for the 2008 editio

19、n included tighter tolerances for furnace control and the replacement of the detailed hose stream test procedures with a reference to ASTM E2226, Standard Practice for Application of Hose Stream. Revisions to the requirements for furnace pressure and temperatures were made in the 2012 edition. The 2

20、017 edition includes new guidance on calculating pressure gradients.FIRE TESTS OF DOOR ASSEMBLIES 252-2 2017 Edition Technical Committee on Fire Tests Barry L. Badders, Jr., Chair Intertek Testing Services, TX RT Scott W. Adams, Park City Fire Service District, UT E Rep. International Fire Marshals

21、Association Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL M James A. Burns, New York State Department, NY E Rep. Firemens Association of the State of New York Benjamin H. Caldwell, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, NY SE Marcos Chaos, FM Global, MA I Gordon H. Damant, Inter-City Testing & C

22、onsulting Corp. of California, CA SE Rick D. Davis, National Institute of Standards & Technology, MD RT Scott E. Dillon, Crane Engineering, MN SE William E. Fitch, P, FL SE Richard G. Gann, Gaithersburg, MD SE Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International, CA SE Paul A. Hough, Armstrong World Industries,

23、Inc., PA M William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Sergei V. Levchik, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP), NY M Rep. ACC-North American Flame Retardant Alliance Richard T. Long, Jr., Exponent, Inc., MD M Rep. Upholstered Furniture Action Council James Andrew Lynch, Amped I Research & Developmen

24、t, PA SE John Martell, Professional Fire Fighters of Maine/IAFF, ME L Rep. International Association of Fire Fighters Rodney A. McPhee, Canadian Wood Council, Canada M Kathleen A. Newman, Firetect, CA M Arthur J. Parker, JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE Jillian Roberts, Alaska Fire Marshals Ofce, AK E Kenneth R

25、oberts, ICC Evaluation Services, AL U Michael L. Savage, Sr., City of Rio Rancho, NM E David T. Sheppard, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, MD RT Dwayne E. Sloan, UL LLC, NC RT Stanislav I. Stoliarov, University of Maryland, MD SE Kuma Sumathipala, American Wood Council, VA M A

26、lternates Erik H. Anderson, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to William E. Koffel) Jesse J. Beitel, JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE (Alt. to Arthur J. Parker) Richard J. Davis, FM Global, MA I (Alt. to Marcos Chaos) Timothy Earl, GBH International, MI SE (Alt. to Marcelo M. Hirschler) Sam W. Francis, Ameri

27、can Wood Council, PA M (Alt. to Kuma Sumathipala) Matthew Freeborn, Intertek Testing Services, PA RT (Alt. to Barry L. Badders, Jr.) Stephen Paul Fuss, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, MD RT (Alt. to David T. Sheppard) Justin A. Geiman, Fire and Risk Alliance LLC, MD SE (Alt.

28、to James Andrew Lynch) Marc L. Janssens, Southwest Research Institute, TX RT (Voting Alt.) Randall K. Laymon, UL LLC, IL RT (Alt. to Dwayne E. Sloan) Michael Schmeida, Gypsum Association, OH M (Voting Alt.) Ineke Van Zeeland, Canadian Wood Council, Canada M (Alt. to Rodney A. McPhee) Matthew T. Vinc

29、i, International Association of Fire Fighters, DC L (Alt. to John Martell) Robert J. Wills, American Iron and Steel Institute, AL M (Alt. to Farid Alfawakhiri) Joe Ziolkowski, American Furniture Manufacturers Association, NC M (Alt. to Richard T. Long, Jr.) Nonvoting Robert H. Barker, American Fiber

30、 Manufacturers Association, VA M Rep. American Fiber Manufacturers Association Rohit Khanna, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, MD C Rep. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Andrew Lock, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, MD C Rep. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Tracy L. Vec

31、chiarelli, NFPA Staff LiaisonCOMMITTEE PERSONNEL 252-3 2017 Edition This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classications is found at the back of the document. N

32、OTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on re testing procedures, for reviewing existi

33、ng re test standards and recommending appropriate action to NFPA, for recommending the application of and advising on the interpretation of acceptable test standards for re problems of concern to NFPA technical committees and members, and for acting in a liaison capacity between NFPA and the committees of other organizations writing re test standards. This Committee does not cover re tests that are used to evaluate extinguishing agents, devices, or systems.