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Designation:F187011Standard Guide forSelection of Fire Test Methods for the Assessment ofUpholstered Furnishings in Detention and CorrectionalFacilities1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1870;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 is a fire-test-response guide.1.2 This guide is intended to provide guidance for theselection of test methods that are applicable to determiningfire-test-response characteristics of upholstered furniture itemscontained within a detention cell.1.3 This guide is intended for use by those interested inassessing the fire properties of the upholstery products andtheir component materials or composites,within cells and otherareas(such as isolation lounges)of detention and correctionaloccupancies.1.4 This guide includes standard test methods promulgatedby ASTM,NFPA,Underwriters Laboratories,trade associa-tions and government agencies and other proposed test meth-ods.It does not include industrial materials specification tests.The guide indicates some means by which modifications ofstandard test methods lead to potential achievement of certaintesting goals.1.5 The values stated in SI units are to regarded as standard;see IEEE/ASTM SI 10 for further details.The units given inparentheses are for information only.Some individual stan-dards referenced use inch-pound units for referee decisions.1.6 This guide contains four types of test methods,namely:(1)generic small-scale methods,(2)specific applications ofsmall-scale test methods to particular products or compositesof products,associated with upholstery items,(3)real-scale testmethods where actual upholstery products are exposed to heator flame,and(4)guides explaining the concepts involved withroom-scale testing.1.7 The main fire-test-response characteristics investigatedin this guide are:ignitability,ease of extinction,flame spread,heat release,smoke obscuration and toxic potency of smoke.1.8 This guide measures and describes the response ofmaterials,products,or assemblies to heat and flame undercontrolled conditions,but does not by itself incorporate allfactors required for fire hazard or fire risk assessment of thematerials,products,or assemblies under actual fire conditions.1.9 Fire testing is inherently hazardous.Adequate safe-guards for personnel and property shall be employed inconducting these tests.1.10 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D123 Terminology Relating to TextilesD1929 Test Method for Determining Ignition Temperatureof PlasticsD2863 Test Method for Measuring the Minimum OxygenConcentration to Support Candle-Like Combustion ofPlastics(Oxygen Index)D3675 Test Method for Surface Flammability of FlexibleCellular Materials Using a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE162 Test Method for Surface Flammability of MaterialsUsing a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE176 Terminology of Fire StandardsE603 Guide for Room Fire ExperimentsE662 Test Method for Specific Optical Density of SmokeGenerated by Solid MaterialsE906 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using a ThermopileMethodE1321 Test Method for Determining Material Ignition andFlame Spread Properties1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F33 on Detention andCorrectional Facilitiesand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F33.05 onFurnishings and Equipment.Current edition approved July 1,2011.Published August 2011.Originallyapproved in 1999.Last previous edition approved in 2005 as F1870 05.DOI:10.1520/F1870-11.2For 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.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 E1352 Test Method for Cigarette Ignition Resistance ofMock-Up Upholstered Furniture AssembliesE1353 Test Methods for Cigarette Ignition Resistance ofComponents of Upholstered FurnitureE1354 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Con-sumption CalorimeterE1474 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rateof Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components orComposites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen ConsumptionCalorimeterE1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furni-tureE1546 Guide for Development of Fire-Hazard-AssessmentStandardsE1590 Test Method for Fire Testi