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ASTM F2266-24e1

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Standard Specification for Masses Used in Testing Rescue Systems and Components

Standard Specification for Masses Used in Testing Rescue Systems and Components

ABSTRACT
This specification defines the masses to be used when testing rescue systems and components. The masses represent personnel and equipment that may be attached to a rescue system or components. However, the masses do not represent any particular type or kind of rescuer or equipment. The masses shall be classified as follows: Type I; Type II; Type III; Type IV; and Type V.
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1.1 This specification defines the masses to be used when testing rescue systems and components.  
1.2 The masses represent personnel and equipment that may be attached to a rescue system or components. However, the masses do not represent any particular type or kind of rescuer or equipment.  
1.2.1 The masses chosen have been used in the past or are in current use in testing of rescue systems and components. Limiting testing to the masses listed in this specification allows meaningful comparisons between past, current, and future test results.  
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.  
1.4 The user of this specification shall determine which mass(es) represent(s) the personnel and equipment attached to the system or component under test.  
1.5 For the purposes of this specification, mass and weight are synonymous when the object(s) representing the mass(es) are weighed in air anywhere on Earth.  
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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Status
Published
Publication Date
31-Mar-2024
Technical Committee
F32 - Search and Rescue
Drafting Committee
F32.01 - Equipment, Testing, and Maintenance
Current Stage
Ref Project

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Replaces
ASTM F2266-03(2015) - Standard Specification for Masses Used in Testing Rescue Systems and Components (Withdrawn 2024)
Effective Date
01-Apr-2024
Referred By
ASTM F2436-14(2019) - Standard Test Method for Measuring the Performance of Synthetic Rope Rescue Belay Systems Using a Drop Test
Effective Date
01-Apr-2024

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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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Designation: F2266 − 24
Standard Specification for
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Masses Used in Testing Rescue Systems and Components
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2266; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Documents in Section 2 were updated editorially in April 2024.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification defines the masses to be used when 2.1 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard:
NFPA 2500 (1983) Standard for Operations and Training for
testing rescue systems and components.
Technical Search and Rescue Incidents and Life Safety
1.2 The masses represent personnel and equipment that may
Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services
be attached to a rescue system or components. However, the
2.2 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Stan-
masses do not represent any particular type or kind of rescuer
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dard:
or equipment.
ANSI/ASSP Z359.1 Safety Requirements for Personal Fall
1.2.1 The masses chosen have been used in the past or are
Arrest Systems, Subsystems and Components
in current use in testing of rescue systems and components.
2.3 European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Stan-
Limiting testing to the masses listed in this specification allows
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dard:
meaningful comparisons between past, current, and future test
EN 1891 Personal Protective Equipment for the Prevention
results.
of Falls from a Height—Low Stretch Kernmantel Ropes
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
3. Terminology
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
standard.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 rescue system, n—an assembly of ropes, cables, lines,
1.4 The user of this specification shall determine which
and other components that may be used to raise, lower,
mass(es) represent(s) the personnel and equipment attached to
suspend, support, or traverse persons or equipment during a
the system or component under test.
rescue.
1.5 For the purposes of this specification, mass and weight
are synonymous when the object(s) representing the mass(es)
4. Classification
are weighed in air anywhere on Earth.
4.1 Type I—80 6 1 kg.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.1.1 The source of this mass is the Union Internationale des
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA) and is the mass used in its
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responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
mountaineering equipment standards.
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
4.2 Type II—100 6 1 kg.
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.2.1 The sources of this mass are:
1.7 This international standard was developed in accor-
4.2.1.1 ANSI/ASSP standard Z359.1.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
4.2.1.2 CEN standard EN 1891.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
4.3 Type III—136 6 1 kg.
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
4.3.1 The source of this mass is NFPA 2500 (1983).
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
4.4 Type IV—200 kg 6 1 %.
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Available from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 1 Batterymarch
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471, http://www.nfpa.org.
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and Rescue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F32.01 on Equipment, Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
Testing, and Maintenance. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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Current edition approved April 1, 2024. Published April 2024. Originally Available from European Committee for Standardization, 36 rue de Stassart,
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as F2266 – 03 (2015), B-1050, Brussels, Belgium, http://www.cenorm.be.
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which was withdrawn in January 2024 and reinstated April 2024. DOI: 10.1520/ Available from the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme,
F2266-24E01. Postfach, CH-3000, Bern 23, Switzerland, http://www.uiaa.ch.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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F2266 − 24
4.4.1 The source of this mass is testing performed by the 4.5 Type V—280 kg 6 1 %.
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British Columbia Council of Technical Rescue (BCCT
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Alternative Procedure for Analysis of Organic Material  
20  
and Carbon Dioxide in Gypsum by High Temperature  
Weight Loss  
Alternative Procedure for Analysis for Calcium Sulfate by  
21  
Ammonium Acetate Method  
Alternative Procedure for Analysis for Sodium Chloride by  
22  
the Coulometric Method  
Determination of Sand in Set Plaster  
23  
Wood-fiber Content in Wood-fiber Gypsum Plaster  
24  
Optional Procedure for Analysis for Sodium by the Atomic  
25  
Absorption Method  
Optional Procedure for Analysis for Sodium by Flame  
26  
Photometry  
Determination of Orthorhombic Cyclooctasulfur (S8) in  
27  
Ggypsum Panel Products—General Provisions  
Determination of Orthorhombic Cyclooctasulfur (S8) in  
28  
Gypsum Panel Products by Gas Chromatograph  
Equipped with a Mass Spectrometer (GS/MS)  
Determination of Orthorhombic Cyclooctasulfur (S8) in  
29  
Gypsum Panel Products by Gas Chromatograph  
Equipped with an Electron Capture Detector (GC/ECD)  
Determination of Orthorhombic Cyclooctasulfur (S8) in  
30  
Gypsum Panel Products by High-performance Liquid  
Chromatograph Equipped with and Ultraviolet Detector  
(HPLC/UV)  
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in these test methods.  
1.4 These text of this test method references notes and footnotes that provide explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.  
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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