ASTM_E_2989_-_15a.pdf

Designation:E298915aAn American National StandardStandard 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,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 response 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 prepared 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 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 scope 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.NOTE1Certification agencies have their own 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 used 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 VocabularyISO/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 terminology 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 quality 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 of 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 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 andServices/Functions.Current edition approved Aug.1,2015.Published August 2015.Originallyapproved in 2015.Last previous edition approved in 2015 as E2989-15.DOI:10.1520/E2989-15A2For 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 standards 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 States1 listed equipment 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 demonstrate the aceptability of amaterial or product.3.2.5 requester,nan individual or organization responsiblefor determining the continued applicab