SAA HB37.

41994

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Handbook
Handbook of Australian fire Standards Part 4: Building materials, products and construction

This Handbook was published on 18 July 1994.

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Compiled by: G Caird Ramsay BSc (Hons) PhD CSIRO, Division of Building, Construction and Engineering and Reg Wright BE MEngSc BA Standards Australia

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SAA HB37.41994

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Handbook
Handbook of Australian fire Standards Part 4: Building materials, products and construction

First publi shed as SAA HB37.41994.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA (STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA) 1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 8981 7

SAA HB37.41994

PREFACE
This Handbook was prepared for Standards Australia in response to requests from individuals, industry and government bodies, who expressed a need for a document which would consolidate all aspects of fire, and fire prevention and protection requirements within Australia. The preparation of this part of the Handbook was supported by the Defence Science and Technology Organization. This document is one of a number of parts that comprise the Handbook of Australian fire Standards . The various parts include Part Part Part Part
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Fire General Electrical equipment Plastics and rubber Materials and products Building materials, products and construction

CONTENTS
Page FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 5 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIRE TESTS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIRE TESTS FOR BUILDING COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS DEALING WITH FIRE MATTERS FOR BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BUILDING CODE OF AUSTRALIA (BCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 AUSTRALIAN FIRE TESTS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS, COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 4 4 19 23 24 26

APPENDICES A LIST OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) RESOLUTIONS DEALING WITH FIRE MATTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 B LIST OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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SAA HB37.41994

FOREWORD
This Handbook is intended to assist those involved with fire, fire safety, and fire protection, by providing a reference to all Australian Standards which deal with fire matters in a nominated area. It is intended to enlarge progressively the various parts of the Handbook by the inclusion of new Australian Standards dealing with fire matters, and reference to specialized manuals and guides provided by Australian organizations. The Handbook gives guidance to those concerned with maintaining acceptable standards of safety from fire, and to those concerned in any way with fire hazards and fire tests. It is intended to help specification writers, regulatory bodies, designers and architects, manufacturers and fabricators, wholesalers and retailers, consumer advice services and educational bodies.
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It is also intended to help anyone purchasing, specifying or using materials or products to understand the need for considering a possible fire hazard, and the way in which fire tests may help in assessing that fire hazard. It will also help them to understand the need to consider special precautions that may be required for safe use in specific environments. Users of the Handbook should consult State, Territory and local government regulations when designing for particular installations. It is not intended that the various parts of SAA HB37 be called up in specifications or regulations, although the Handbook of Australian fire Standards will provide references to individual Australian Standards suitable for such purposes.

SAA HB37.41994

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA Australian Standard Handbook of Australian fire Standards Part 4: Building materials, products and construction
1 SCOPE This part of the Handbook deals generally with matters relating to fire and fire tests concerning building materials, products and construction. This document lists individual Standards and Codes published by Standards Australia, and identifies appropriate procedures and documents prepared by other Australian and overseas organizations. This document is a general guide directing users to Standards dealing in detail with specific areas of fire hazard assessment, fire protection and fire regulation. The Handbook does not provide mandatory requirements on fire matters but advises the user on the applicability of State, Territory and local government regulations.
NOTES: 1 2 The Building Code of Australia (BCA) calls up most of the fire test methods and related Standards needed to define requirements and levels of performance for buildings. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has a number of fire test methods that are used for ship construction. Appendix A lists several of these IMO Resolutions.

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2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The documents referred to in this Handbook are listed in Appendix B. 3 FIRE TESTS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS

3.1 General The Clauses below discuss in general terms those fire test methods which are used in Australia for building materials, as well as overseas test methods that are often encountered in specifications and reference literature. Fire tests for assessment of material properties, including building materials, are generally suitable for the purposes of specification and quality control, rather than for direct assessment of fire hazard. Combustion is a complex process involving both chemical and physical interactions. These interactions can be formalized in terms of a series of general combustion characteristics. Tests for the assessment of material properties are designed to determine these general combustion characteristics, and those relevant to building materials are reviewed in this Handbook under the following headings: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Combustibility. Ignitability. Combustion propagation. Heat release. Smoke release. Toxicity. Other combustion characteristics.

It is important that all pertinent characteristics be assessed; in some cases this may require several tests.

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