BS 6336:1998

Committees responsible
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Advice about fire behaviour
5 Fire hazard
6 The role of fire tests
7 The relationship between fire tests and fire
    safety engineering
8 Mathematical models
9 Development of fire tests
10 Fire test terminology
11 Use of fire test results
12 Drafting of fire test method standards
13 Presentation of fire test results for professional and
    technical purposes
14 Presentation of information
16 Recommendations
Annexes
A (informative) How fire behaves, physics and chemistry
B (informative) General information on fire safety
    engineering
C (informative) The assessment of fire hazard and risk
D (informative) Examples of examination of fire hazard
E (informative) Nature of fire tests
F (informative) Mathematical modelling of fires
G (informative) Further details of fire hazard components
H (informative) Details of criteria for choice of fire
    tests
J (informative) Advice on the expected needs of users of
    fire tests
K (informative) Examples of fire test 'limitation' clauses
Table
A.1 General classification of fires
Figures
1 Factors affecting acceptability of hazard
2 Role of fire tests in answering questions of magnitude
3 Flowchart for test and specification development
4 Terminology: principle and examples
5 Terminology: formation of test titles
A.1 Hazard concepts for tests: relationships to fire
    phenomena, materials and assemblies
G.1 Hazard components for tests: relationship to the code of
    practice on fire safety engineering subsystems
List of references

Provides guidance on the development and use of fire tests, including advice on circumstances when new tests should be standardized.

This British Standard provides guidance on the development and use of fire tests, including advice on the circumstances when new tests should be standardized. It sets the need for fire tests into the context of the assessment of fire hazard.

Recommendations on the use of related terminology are included as is a qualitative outline of fire theory.