NFPA 556-2016 Guide on Methods for Evaluating Fire Hazard to Occupants of Passenger Road Vehicles (Effective Date 06 15 2015).pdf

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30、d. NFPA 556 Guide on Methods for Evaluating Fire Hazard to Occupants of Passenger Road Vehicles 2016 Edition This edition of NFPA 556, Guide on Methods for Evaluating Fire Hazard to Occupants of Passenger Road Vehicles, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furni

31、shings. It was issued by the Standards Council on May 26, 2015, with an effective date of June 15, 2015, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 556 was approved as an American National Standard on June 15, 2015. Origin and Development of NFPA 556 The 2011 edition was the rst for

32、this guide. Its development was prompted in part by re statistics associated with vehicles as well as car and van re research as documented by the National Highway Trafc Safety Administration. Those statistics and research prompted the committees opinion that the current method of evaluating vehicle

33、 materials is unsatisfactory. NFPA 556 identies major re safety concerns associated with passenger road vehicles and provides guidance on newer evaluation methods with the aim of decreasing the re hazard and re risk associated with such vehicles. In addition, NFPA 556 provides guidance and tools for

34、 those persons investigating methods to decrease the re hazard or re risk in passenger road vehicles and for a hazard-based assessment for the development of hazardous conditions from re involving passenger road vehicles. The 2016 edition contains new language for noncombustible material criteria an

35、d new language recognizing the school bus seat upholstery re block test. Table 10.1 has been revised to include test methods and tools for seat materials for school buses and additional evaluation options for windshields based upon ame spread or re resistance testing. Additional updates to terminolo

36、gy, denitions, and testing notations have been made throughout the document to reect industry standards and technology.METHODS FOR EVALUATING FIRE HAZARD TO OCCUPANTS OF PASSENGER ROAD VEHICLES 556-2 2016 Edition Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings Steven D. Wolin, Cha

37、ir Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc., SC M Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL M Craig L. Beyler, Hughes Associates/RJA Group, MD SE David A. Boverman, Greenacre, NSW, Australia E Elizabeth C. Buc, Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC, MI RT David G. Bueche, Hoover

38、 Treated Wood Products, CO M Michael T. Burr, Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc., MI RT Marcos Chaos, FM Global, MA I Cam Cope, Auto Fire and Safety Consultants, TX SE Alberto Cusimano, Alstom Power Inc., Switzerland M Gordon H. Damant, Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of California, CA SE J

39、ason Daniels, Code Consultants, Inc., MO SE Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International, CA SE Xianxu Hu, Insurance Services Ofce, Inc., NJ I William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Sergei V. Levchik, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP), NY M Richard T. Long, Jr., Exponent, Inc., MD M Rep. Upholste

40、red Furniture Action Council Jeffrey Santrock, General Motors LLC, MI M Rep. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Dwayne E. Sloan, UL LLC, NC RT Peter J. Willse, XL Global Asset Protection Services, CT I Alternates Erik H. Anderson, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to W. E. Koffel) Richard J. Da

41、vis, FM Global, MA I (Alt. to M. Chaos) Timothy Earl, GBH International, MI SE (Alt. to M. M. Hirschler) William Randall Edwards, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, MI M (Alt. to J. Santrock) John A. Frank, XL Global Asset Protection Services, GA I (Alt. to P. J. Willse) Nestor R. Iwankiw, Hughes

42、 Associates/RJA Group, IL SE (Alt. to C. L. Beyler) Randall K. Laymon, UL LLC, IL RT (Alt. to D. E. Sloan) Jerry W. Wallace, Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc., MI RT (Alt. to M. T. Burr) Shaohua Xia, Fire & Rescue New South Wales, E (Alt. to D. A. Boverman) Kristin Bigda, NFPA Staff Liaison This

43、 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. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an

44、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 hazard calculation procedures for use by other Committees in writing provisions to control the re hazards of con

45、tents and furnishings. This Committee shall also provide guidance and recommendations to Committees in assessing the re hazard of contents and furnishings. It shall establish classication and rating systems, request the development and standardization of appropriate re tests, and identify and encour

46、age necessary research as it relates to the re hazards of contents and furnishings. It shall act in a liaison capacity between NFPA and the committees of other organizations with respect to the hazard of contents and furnishings.CONTENTS 556-3 2016 Edition Contents Chapter 1 Administration 556 4 1.1

47、 Scope. . 556 4 1.2 Purpose. . 556 4 1.3 Application. 556 4 1.4 Units and Formulas. 556 5 Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 556 5 2.1 General. 556 5 2.2 NFPA Publications. 556 5 2.3 Other Publications. . 556 5 2.4 References for Extracts in Advisory Sections. 556 7 Chapter 3 Denitions . 556 7 3.1 Ge

48、neral. 556 7 3.2 NFPA Denitions. 556 7 3.3 General Denitions. 556 8 Chapter 4 Types of Vehicles 556 9 4.1 General. 556 9 Chapter 5 General Description of Passenger Road Vehicle Fires and Background Information . 556 9 5.1 Fire Statistics. . 556 9 5.2 Materials Used in Passenger Road Vehicles. 556 11

49、 5.3 Current Prescriptive Testing. 556 12 5.4 Noncombustible Material. 556 12 5.5 Fire Performance Properties. . 556 13 5.6 Tenability Criteria. . 556 13 Chapter 6 Approach to Evaluating Passenger Road Vehicle Fire Hazard 556 13 6.1 General. 556 13 6.2 Basic Performance-Based Approach. . 556 13 6.3 Design Considerations. . 556 14 6.4 Regulatory Considerations. . 556 14 Chapter 7 Objectives and Design Criteria 556 14 7.1 Objectives. 556 14 7.2 Design Cri