Plastics — Specifications and guidance for the use of standard fire tests

This document provides specifications and guidance for the use of standard fire testing for plastics and the products in the following aspects:

• selection of appropriate tests that reflect realistic end-use conditions;
• grouping of the reaction-to-fire characteristics that any given test or tests can measure;
• assessment of tests as to their relevance in areas such as material characterisation, quality control, pre-selection, end-product testing, environmental profiling and design for the environment (DfE);
• definition of potential problems that can arise when plastics are tested in standard fire tests.

This document does not include specification for development or design of new fire-tests for plastics.