1 Scope
2 Characteristics of fire stages
3 Criteria for assessment of fire models
3.1 Relevance to real fires
3.1.1 Oxygen concentration
3.1.2 CO2/CO ratio
3.1.3 Temperature and heat flux
3.2 Validity to toxic hazard assessment
3.3 Specimen composition and configuration
3.4 Documentation and experience
3.5 Exposure dose quantification
3.6 Procedural criteria
4 Fire models
4.1 "Box" furnace models
4.1.1 NBS cup furnace
4.1.2 UPitt box furnace
4.2 Tube furnace models
4.2.1 DIN 53436 tube furnace
4.3 Radiant heat models
4.3.1 US radiant furnace (modified)
4.3.2 Cone calorimeter
4.3.3 Japanese cone furnaces
4.3.3.1 BRI (Building Research Institute) cone furnace
4.3.3.2 RIPT (Research Institute of Polymers and Textiles)
cone furnace