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29、.org. 12/11Copyright2013NationalFireProtectionAssociation .AllRightsReserved. NFPA 261 StandardMethodof TestforDeterminingResistanceofMock-UpUpholsteredFurniture MaterialAssembliestoIgnitionbySmolderingCigarettes 2013Edition ThiseditionofNFPA261,StandardMethodofTestforDeterminingResistanceofMock-UpU
30、phol- stered Furniture MaterialAssemblies to Ignition by Smoldering Cigarettes, was prepared by theTech- nicalCommitteeonFireTests.ItwasissuedbytheStandardsCouncilonNovember27,2012, withaneffectivedateofDecember17,2012,andsupersedesallpreviouseditions. This edition of NFPA 261 was approved as an Ame
31、rican National Standard on Decem- ber17,2012. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA261 Regulation of the manufacture of furniture has been a subject of research and debate since 1967,whentheFlammableFabricsActwasamendedbyCongresstoincludeproductsinaddition to wearing apparel and home textiles that might consti
32、tute an unreasonable flammability risk. The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) began funding laboratory research on the subject in 1968.Withitsformationin1973,theU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC)became the government agency responsible for administration of the Flammable FabricsAct, includin
33、g the adoption of any program or standard regulating upholstered furniture. The NBS retained responsibilityfordesigningtestmethodsrelatedtoflammablefabrics. In1976,theNBSsubmittedadrafttotheCPSCforaproposedcigarette-ignitionresistance standardforupholsteredfurniture.Shortlythereafter,however,areorga
34、nizationoftheCPSC into separate program areas took place. That reorganization was followed by nearly a years worth of work on the commissions childrens sleepwear standards, due to findings that a chemicaladdedtosleepweartomakeitflameretardantmightbecarcinogenic.InNovember 1978, the CPSC staff, after
35、 modifying the original standard on upholstered furniture pro- posedbytheNBS,recommendedtotheCPSCcommissionersthattheypublishthestandard. ThisstandardwasdevelopedbytheTechnicalCommitteeonFireTestssubsequenttothe CPSC actions of 19781979 and drew heavily on the NBS research and proposed test meth- od
36、ology.Thefirstedition,publishedin1983,wasidentifiedasNFPA260B.The1989edition wasareconfirmationofthefirsteditionandwasrenumberedasNFPA261. The 1994 and 1998 editions represented reconfirmation of the standard with minor edi- torialclarificationsandstylisticrevisions. Forthe2003edition,thechapterlayo
37、utofNFPA261wasreorganizedtoconformwiththe Manual of Style for NFPATechnical Committee Documents. The2009editioncontainedmainlyeditorialrevisions. The2013editionhasbeenrevisedtoreferencetheSRM1196cigarettes,andannexmate- rialaddedtoexplaintherevision. 2611 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationarer
38、egisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.TechnicalCommitteeonFireTests BarryL.Badders,Jr., Chair SouthwestResearchInstitute,TXRT FaridAlfawakhiri, AmericanIronandSteelInstitute, ILM JesseJ.Beitel, HughesAssociates,Inc.,MDSE RhondaP.Byrne, QAILaboratories,CA
39、RT GordonH.Damant, Inter-CityTesting&Consulting Corp.ofCalifornia,CASE WilliamE.Fitch, P,FLSE MarceloM.Hirschler, GBHInternational,CASE AlfredJ.Hogan, WinterHaven,FLE Rep.InternationalFireMarshalsAssociation PaulA.Hough, ArmstrongWorldIndustries,Inc.,PAM MohammedM.Khan, FMGlobal,MAI WilliamE.Koffel,
40、 KoffelAssociates,Inc.,MDSE RichardT.Long,Jr., Exponent,Inc.,MDM Rep.UpholsteredFurnitureActionCouncil MichaelE.Luna, IntertekTestingServices,TXRT AndreW.Marshall, UniversityofMaryland,MDSE RodneyA.McPhee, CanadianWoodCouncil, CanadaM KathleenA.Newman, Firetect,CAM DavidT.Sheppard, U.S.BureauofAlcoh
41、ol,Tobacco, Firearms&Explosives,MDRT DwayneE.Sloan, UnderwritersLaboratoriesInc., NCRT KumaSumathipala, AmericanForest&Paper Association,DCM RickThornberry, TheCodeConsortium,Inc.,CASE RobertA.Wessel, GypsumAssociation,MDM Alternates ScottW.Adams, ParkCityFireServiceDistrict,UTE (Alt.toA.J.Hogan) Er
42、ikH.Anderson, KoffelAssociates,Inc.,MDSE (Alt.toW.E.Koffel) RichardJ.Davis, FMGlobal,MAI (Alt.toM.M.Khan) TimothyEarl, GBHInternational,MISE (Alt.toM.M.Hirschler) SamW.Francis, AmericanWoodCouncil,PAM (Alt.toK.Sumathipala) StephenP.Fuss, U.S.BureauofAlcohol,Tobacco, Firearms&Explosives,MDRT (Alt.toD
43、.T.Sheppard) RichardG.Gann, NationalInstituteofStandards &Technology,MDRT (VotingAlt.toNISTRep.) MarcL.Janssens, SouthwestResearchInstitute,TXRT (Alt.toB.L.Badders,Jr.) ArthurJ.Parker, HughesAssociates,Inc.,MDSE (Alt.toJ.J.Beitel) StanislavI.Stoliarov, UniversityofMaryland,MDSE (Alt.toA.W.Marshall)
44、InekeVanZeeland, CanadianWoodCouncil, CanadaM (Alt.toR.A.McPhee) RobertJ.Wills, AmericanIronandSteelInstitute, ALM (Alt.toF.Alfawakhiri) JoeZiolkowski, AmericanFurnitureManufacturers Association,NCM (Alt.toR.T.Long,Jr.) Nonvoting RobertH.Barker, AmericanFiberManufacturers Association,VAM RohitKhanna
45、, U.S.ConsumerProductSafety Commission,MDC TracyL.Vecchiarelli, NFPAStaffLiaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred.Akey to classifications is found at the back of
46、the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on fire testing proce- dures, for reviewing existing fire
47、test standards and recommending appropriate action to NFPA, for recom- mendingtheapplicationofandadvisingontheinterpretationofacceptableteststandardsforfireproblems of concern to NFPAtechnical committees and members, and for acting in a liaison capacity between NFPA and the committees of other organ
48、izations writing fire test standards. This Committee does not cover fire teststhatareusedtoevaluateextinguishingagents,devices,orsystems. 2612 RESISTANCEOFMOCK-UPUPHOLSTEREDFURNITUREMATERIALASSEMBLIESTOIGNITION 2013 EditionContents Chapter1 Administration . 2614 1.1 Scope . 2614 1.2 Purpose 2614 1.3
49、 Application . 2614 1.4 SummaryofMethod 2614 Chapter2 ReferencedPublications . 2615 2.1 General 2615 2.2 NFPAPublications(Reserved) . 2615 2.3 OtherPublications 2615 2.4 ReferencesforExtractsinMandatory Sections(Reserved) 2615 Chapter3 Definitions 2615 3.1 General 2615 3.2 NFPAOfficialDefinitions 2615 3.3 GeneralDefinitions . 2615 Chapter4 TestApparatus . 2615 4.1 Mock-Ups . 2615 4.2 IgnitionSource . 2615 4.3 SheetingMaterial . 2616 4.4 TestArea . 2616 4.5 ExtinguishingEqu
