1、Designation: E2989 15Standard Guide forAssessment of Continued Applicability of Fire Test ReportsUsed in Building Regulation1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2989; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision,
2、 the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope1.1 This guide contains concepts that provide guidance forassessing the continued applicability of fire respo
3、nse testreports of materials or products used in building regulation.1.2 This guide provides guidance for sponsors and users offire test reports on the continued applicability of fire testreports. This guide is intended to identify conditions that maycause a fire test report which was valid when pre
4、pared to nolonger be an appropriate tool upon which decisions about thematerials or products can be based.1.3 Application of this guide is dependent on the technicalchanges in the fire test standard that could impact the testresults and thus the classification of the material or product.Application
5、of this guide will be better facilitated when fire teststandards include explicit documentation of significant histori-cal technical changes.1.4 This guide does not address fire test reports relating tofire resistance tests.1.5 The determination of the validity of a fire test report isoutside the sc
6、ope of this guide.1.6 Fire test reports or certificates on assemblies are outsidethe scope of this guide.1.7 Fire test reports or certificates on materials or productslisted, labeled and inspected by a certification agency areoutside the scope of this guide.NOTE 1Certification agencies have their ow
7、n criteria to assess thecontinued applicability of fire test reports.1.8 Some concepts contained in this guide may not beapplicable to all fire test reports since they are a function of thetype of fire test conducted and of the type of material orproduct assessed.1.9 This fire standard cannot be use
8、d to provide quantitativemeasures.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E84 Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics ofBuilding MaterialsE176 Terminology of Fire StandardsE2536 Guide forAssessment of Measurement Uncertainty inFire Tests2.2 Other Standards:3ISO 13943 Fire Safety Vocabular
9、yISO/IEC 17025 General Requirements for the Competenceof Testing and Calibration Laboratories3. Terminology3.1 DefinitionsFor definitions of terms used in this guideand associated with fire issues, refer to the terminologycontained in Terminology E176 and ISO 13943. In case ofconflict, the terminolo
10、gy in Terminology E176 shall prevail.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 certification agency (organization), nan accreditedagency operating a product or material certification system thatincorporates initial product testing, assessment and surveil-lance of a manufacturers quali
11、ty control system.3.2.2 labeled, adjequipment, materials or products towhich has been affixed a label, seal, symbol or other identify-ing mark of a nationally recognized testing laboratory, inspec-tion agency or other organization concerned with productevaluation that maintains periodic inspection o
12、f the productionof the above-labeled items and whose labeling indicates eitherthat the equipment, material or product meets identified stan-dards or has been tested and found suitable for a specifiedpurpose.3.2.3 listed, adjequipment, materials, products or servicesincluded in a list published by an
13、 organization acceptable to thecode official and concerned with evaluation of products orservices that maintains periodic inspection of production of1This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E05 on Fire Standardsand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.31 on Terminology andS
14、ervices / Functions.Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2015. Published February 2015. DOI: 10.1520/E2989-152For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standar
15、ds Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http:/www.ansi.org.Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States1listed equipmen
16、t or materials or periodic evaluation of servicesand whose listing states either that the equipment, materialproduct or service meets identified standards or has been testedand found suitable for a specified purpose.3.2.4 user, nan individual or organization attempting touse a fire test report to de
17、monstrate the aceptability of amaterial or product.3.2.5 requester, nan individual or organization responsiblefor determining the continued applicability of a material orproduct identified in a fire test report.3.2.5.1 DiscussionArequester is often an authority havingjurisdiction such as, a code off
18、icial or a fire official.4. Summary of Guide4.1 This guide contains guidelines to evaluate the continuedapplicability of reaction to fire test reports.4.2 The procedures to be followed for assessing continuedapplicability of a fire test report may be a function of the typeof fire test conducted and
19、of the type of material or productassessed.4.3 When considering the continued applicability of a firetest report, the questions in 4.3.1 through 4.3.3 should beasked.4.3.1 Is the edition of the standard referenced in the fire testreport and that of the regulatory requirement different?4.3.2 Is the m
20、aterial or product listed in the fire test reportdifferent from the material or product being offered for usenow?4.3.3 Are the differences in 4.3.2 and the technical differ-ences between the two standards in 4.3.1 small enough not toaffect the performance and the safety of the material or productin
21、its end-use application?5. Significance and Use5.1 This guide identifies concepts for assessing the contin-ued applicability of fire test reports used in building regulation.It provides guidance to users and requesters of fire test reports,developed in accordance with the fire response test standard
22、s,such as those from ASTM, UL, or NFPA, to determine thecontinued applicability of a fire test report for regulatory use.5.2 This guide assumes that a fire test report generated by atest laboratory represents the performance of the material orproduct in accordance with a fire test standard identifie
23、d in thereport at the time a specific material or product was tested.5.3 This guide is not designed to assist in determining thecontinued applicability of a material or product that is listed,labeled, or given in an evaluation report.5.4 This guide is not designed to assist in determiningwhether a t
24、est laboratory conducted the test reference in the firetest report in accordance with a standard test protocol.5.5 This guide is not designed to assist in determiningwhether the fire test laboratory issuing a fire test report met therequirements of competence of testing and calibration meth-ods.45.6
25、 This guide is not designed to assist in determining theapplicability of a fire test report with respect to the measure-ment uncertainty developed in accordance with Guide E2536.5.7 Do not consider issuance of a new edition with onlyeditorial changes (as notated in ASTM by “epsilon,” “editori-ally r
26、evised,” or “reapproved”) as a new edition containing atechnical change.6. Evaluating Changes in the Fire Test Standard6.1 As a new edition of a regulation or a code is issued, it istypical to update all referenced standards that are current at thetime of the update.6.2 When a requester requires tha
27、t a material or productmeet a certain fire test requirement, the regulation will nor-mally contain the date of the required fire test standard.56.3 If the fire test report is based on the edition of the firetest standard referenced in the regulation, the material orproduct identified in the fire tes
28、t report is applicable.6.4 If the fire test report is based on a more recent edition ofthe fire test standard than the one referenced in the regulation,the fire test report is generally deemed to continue to beapplicable. Final determination on which standard edition isused for compliance is the jud
29、gment of the user.6.5 If the fire test report is based on an earlier edition of thefire test standard than the one referenced in the regulation, thecontinued applicability of the fire test report should be deter-mined as given in 6.5.1, 6.5.2,or6.5.3.6.5.1 A fire test report continues to be applicab
30、le if therehave been no significant technical changes to the fire teststandard that could impact the test results, and thus theclassification of the material or product, between the version ofthe standard referenced in regulation and the version refer-enced in the fire test report.6.5.2 If in the op
31、inion of the requester, or of an expertacceptable to the requester, the fire test standard referenced inregulation does not contain technical changes that could impactthe test results and thus the classification of the material orproduct from the edition identified in the fire test report, thenthe f
32、ire test report is deemed to continue to be applicable.6.5.3 If in the opinion of the requester, or of an expertacceptable to the requester, the fire test standard referenced inregulation does identify technical changes that could impact4Regulatory authorities often mandate that private sector labor
33、atories complywith voluntary laboratory accreditation. Compliance to ISO/IEC 17025 is a commonbenchmark for this purpose.5A code will reference a fire test standard by its edition, typically the year of itspublication.E2989 152the test results, and thus the classification of the material orproduct f
34、rom the edition identified in the fire test report, thenthe material or product identified in the fire test report willlikely require reevaluation.6.6 Secondary References:6.6.1 ASTM standards used in regulation are sometimesrevised by the addition of references to other ASTM stan-dards.6Such refere
35、nced standard then become secondaryregulatory references.6.6.2 If the edition of the fire test standard referenced inregulation contains a secondary reference standard that was notpresent in the edition identified in the fire test report, the firetest report should be deemed to continue to be applic
36、able if thetest procedure that was followed to derive the fire test reportwas consistent with the secondary reference standard.7. Evaluating Changes in Materials or Products7.1 A material or product subject to a fire test should berepresentative of the construction that the test was intended toasses
37、s.7.2 A fire test report continues to be applicable if thematerial or product has not changed since the fire test reportwas issued. That is, if there has been no change to the materialor product, the fire test report is deemed to continue to beapplicable to the material or product identified in the
38、fire testreport, irrespective of the date of the fire test report.7.3 If there has been a change to the material or productidentified in the fire test report, the continued applicability of afire test report should be determined as given in 7.3.1.7.3.1 If in the opinion of the material or productman
39、ufacturer(s), or of the requester of the fire test report, thechange to the material or product can affect its fireperformance, the requester should require the opinion of anexpert acceptable to the requester of the impact of the changeto determine continued applicability of the fire test report to
40、therevised material or product.8. Additional Guidance8.1 An additional criterion to consider is the placement ofmaterial or product in a material classification system. If thefire test result noted in a fire test report is in the middle of amaterial class boundary, changes to the fire test standard
41、maybe judged to not have an effect on the classification of thematerial or product.9. Keywords9.1 fire test; fire test laboratory; fire test reportASTM International takes no position respecting the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with any item mentionedin this standard. Users o
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45、 19428-2959,United States. Individual reprints (single or multiple copies) of this standard may be obtained by contacting ASTM at the aboveaddress or at 610-832-9585 (phone), 610-832-9555 (fax), or serviceastm.org (e-mail); or through the ASTM website(www.astm.org). Permission rights to photocopy the standard may also be secured from the Copyright Clearance Center, 222Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, Tel: (978) 646-2600; http:/ example, ASTM E84 has been revised by the addition of several testspecimen mounting guides, developed as separate standards, to streamline mountingmethods.E2989 153
