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ihs -,-,- copyright 2005, national fire protection association, all rights reserved nfpa 286 standard methods of fire tests for evaluating contribution of wall and ceiling interior finish to room fire growth 2006 edition this edition of nfpa286, standard methods of firetests forevaluating contribution ofwall and ceiling interior finish to room fire growth, was prepared by the technical committee on fire tests and acted on by nfpaat its juneassociationtechnical meeting held june 610, 2005, in lasvegas, nv. it was issued by the standards council on july 29, 2005, with an effective date of august 18, 2005, and supersedes all previous editions. thiseditionofnfpa286wasapprovedasanamericannationalstandardonaugust18,2005. origin and development of nfpa 286 the 2000 edition was the first edition of this standard. this document was developed in response to activities associated with the regulation of interior finishes in nfpa 101, life safety code. the fire safety technical committee on furnishings and contents had pro- posed modifications to nfpa 265, standard methods of fire tests for evaluating room fire growth contribution of textile wall coverings, for the 1997 edition of nfpa 101. these modifications would have established a test protocol that was not appropriate to the scope of nfpa265.the nfpa 286 standard addresses those concerns associated with interior finishes that do not remain in place during testing to nfpa 255 test protocols. the 2006 edition includes a complete editorial rewrite for compliance with the manual of style fornfpatechnical committee documents. further organizational and editorial changes have been made to improve the application of the test method, particularly with regard to the test procedure. the purpose of the document has been revised to clarify the documents intent. technical changes address recording and documentation of the fire test. 2861 copyright national fire protection association provided by ihs under license with nfpalicensee=purdue university/5923082001 not for resale, 10/31/2006 23:36:33 mstno reproduction or networking permitted without license from ihs -,-,- technical committee on fire tests william e. fitch, chair omega point laboratories inc., tx rt jesse j. beitel, hughes associates, inc., md se april l. berkol, starwood hotels and resorts worldwide, inc., ny u rep. american hotel and lodging association robert g. bill, jr., fm global, ma i john a. blair, the dupont company, de m rep. society of the plastics industry, inc. gordon h. damant, inter-city testing and consulting corp. of california, ca se thomas w. fritz, armstrong world industries, inc., pam pravinray d. gandhi, underwriters laboratories inc., il rt james r. griffith, southwest research institute, tx rt gordon e. hartzell, hartzell consulting, inc., tx se marcelo m. hirschler, gbh international, ca se alfred j. hogan, reedy creek improvement district, fle rep. international fire marshals association william e. koffel, koffel associates, inc., md se james r. lawson, u.s. national institute of standards and technology, md rt rodney a. mcphee, canadian wood council, canada m frederick w. mowrer, university of maryland, md se david t. sheppard, u.s. department of justice, md rt kuma sumathipala, american forest and paper association, dc m t. hugh talley, hugh talley company, tn m rep. upholstered furniture action council rick thornberry, the code consortium, inc., ca se william a. webb, schirmer engineering corporation, ili robert a. wessel, gypsum association, dc m robert j. wills, american iron and steel institute,alm peter j. willse, ge globalasset protection services, ct i alternates robert m. berhinig, underwriters laboratories inc., il rt (alt. to p. d. gandhi) delbert f. boring, jr., american iron and steel institute, oh m (alt. to r. j. wills) richard j. davis, fm global, ma i (alt. to r. g. bill) sam w. francis, american forest and paper association, pa m (alt. to k. sumathipala) richard g. gann, u.s. national institute of standards and technology, md rt (alt. to j. r. lawson) paul a. hough, armstrong world industries, inc., pa m (alt. to t. w. fritz) marc l. janssens, southwest research institute, tx rt (alt. to j. r. griffith) james k. lathrop, koffel associates, inc., ct se (alt. to w. e. koffel) james a. milke, university of maryland, md se (alt. to f. w. mowrer) arthur j. parker, hughes associates, inc., md se (alt. to j. j. beitel) ronald a. schulz, ge global asset protection services, mi i (alt. to p. j. willse) ineke van zeeland, canadian wood council, canada m (alt. to r. a. mcphee) joe ziolkowski, american furniture manufacturers association, nc m (alt. to t. h. talley) nonvoting robert h. barker, american fiber manufacturers association, va m (alt. to nonvoting principal) tod l. jilg, hoechst celanese corporation, nc m rep. american fiber manufacturers association rohit khanna, u.s. consumer product safety commission, md c milosh t. puchovsky, nfpa staff liaison 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. a key to classifications is found at the back of the document. note:membershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheassociationor any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. committee scope: this committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on fire testing proce- dures, for reviewing existing fire test standards and recommending appropriate action to nfpa, for recom- mending the application of and advising on the interpretation of acceptable test standards for fire problems of concern to nfpa technical committees and members, and for acting in a liaison capacity between nfpa and the committees of other organizations writing fire test standards. this committee does not cover fire tests that are used to evaluate extinguishing agents, devices, or systems. 2862fire tests for evaluating interior finish 2006 edition copyright national fire protection association provided by ihs under license with nfpalicensee=purdue university/5923082001 not for resale, 10/31/2006 23:36:33 mstno reproduction or networking permitted without license from ihs -,-,- contents chapter 1administration. 286 4 1.1scope. 286 4 1.2purpose 286 4 1.3application. 286 4 chapter 2referenced publications. 286 5 2.1general 286 5 2.2nfpa publications. (reserved). 286 5 2.3other publications 286 5 2.4references for extracts in mandatory sections 286 5 chapter 3definitions 286 5 3.1general 286 5 3.2nfpa official definitions 286 5 3.3general definitions. 286 5 chapter 4test equipment 286 5 4.1ignition source 286 5 4.2geometry and construction of the fire test room. 286 6 chapter 5specimen mounting. 286 6 5.1specimen mounting 286 6 5.2materials using substrates 286 7 5.3backing materials. 286 7 5.4acoustical materials and other board materials. 286 8 5.5batt- or blanket-type insulating and other flexible materials. 286 8 5.6building units 286 8 5.7wall covering materials 286 8 5.8ceiling lining materials. 286 8 5.9specimen installation 286 8 5.10conditioning. 286 9 chapter 6environmental conditions 286 9 6.1fire test room environment. 286 9 chapter 7instrumentation 286 9 7.1fire test room instrumentation 286 9 7.2canopy hood and exhaust duct 28610 7.3instrumentation in exhaust duct 28611 chapter 8calibration 28614 8.1calibration and documentation of ignition source and test equipment. 28614 8.2calibration procedure. 28614 8.3smoke measurement calibration. 28615 8.4gas analyzers calibration. 28615 chapter 9test procedure. 28615 9.1procedure. 28615 chapter 10calculation methods 28615 10.1mass flow rate. 28615 10.2smoke measurement equations. 28615 10.3release rate of combustion gases 28615 10.4symbols 28616 chapter 11report 28616 11.1report. 28616 11.2discussion of performance 28617 annex aexplanatory material. 28617 annex bmethod of determining suitability of oxygen analyzers for making heat release measurements. 28619 annex cinformational references. 28620 index. 28621 2863contents 2006 edition copyright national fire protection association provided by ihs under license with nfpalicensee=purdue university/5923082001 not for resale, 10/31/2006 23:36:33 mstno reproduction or networking permitted without license from ihs -,-,- nfpa 286 standard methods of fire tests for evaluating contribution of wall and ceiling interior finish to room fire growth 2006 edition important note: this nfpa document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers. these notices and disclaimers appear in all publications containing this document and may be found under the heading “important notices and dis- claimers concerning nfpa documents.” they can also be obtained on request from nfpa or viewed at /disclaimers. notice: an asterisk (*) following the number or letter designating a paragraph indicates that explanatory material on the paragraph can be found in annex a. areference in brackets following a section or paragraph indicates material that has been extracted from another nfpa document.as an aid to the user, the complete title and edition of the source documents for extracts in mandatory sections of the document are given in chapter 2 and those for extracts in informational sections are given in annex c. editorial changes to extracted material consist of revising references to an appropriate division in this document or the inclusion of the document number with the division number when the reference is to the original document. requests for interpreta- tions or revisions of extracted text shall be sent to the techni- cal committee responsible for the source document. information on referenced publications can be found in chapter 2 and annex c. chapter 1administration 1.1*scope.thisstandarddescribesamethodfordetermining the contribution of interior finish materials to room fire growth during specified fire exposure conditions. 1.1.1 this method is intended for the evaluation of the flam- mability characteristics of wall and ceiling interior finish, other than textile wall coverings, where such materials consti- tute the exposed interior surfaces of buildings. 1.1.2 this fire test method is not intended for the evaluation of fire endurance of assemblies, nor is it intended for the evaluation of the effect of fires that originate within a wall assembly. 1.1.3 this standard specifies three types of specimen mount- ing, depending on the application of the interior finish mate- rial, as follows: (1) three walls (for interior finish to be used on wa