ASTM E1895-04
(Guide)Standard Guide for Determining Uses and Limitations of Deterministic Fire Models
Standard Guide for Determining Uses and Limitations of Deterministic Fire Models
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1.1 This guide covers a methodology for the systematic evaluation of fire models, which may be used in fire hazard analyses.
1.2 This guide provides a means of identifying both general and specific limitations of fire models for specific applications.
1.3 This guide is intended to assist model developers, model users, and authorities having jurisdiction in assuming the responsible use of fire models.
1.4 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 and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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An American National Standard
Designation: E 1895 – 04
Standard Guide for
Determining Uses and Limitations of Deterministic Fire
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Models
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1895; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope NIST Handbook 146, Technical Reference Guide for the
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Hazard I Fire Hazard Assessment
1.1 This guide provides a methodology for the systematic
Technical Reference Guide for FPE Tool, Version 3.2,
evaluation of fire models, which may be used in fire hazard
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NISTIR 5486
analyses.
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The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 3
1.2 This guide provides a means of identifying both general
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and specific limitations of fire models for specific applications.
1.3 This guide is intended to assist model developers, model
3. Terminology
users, and authorities having jurisdiction in assuming the
3.1 Definitions—Definitions used in this guide are in accor-
responsible use of fire models.
dance with Terminologies in E 176, unless otherwise indicated.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4. Significance and Use
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
4.1 This guide provides recommendations for fire model
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
users and authorities having jurisdiction in establishing the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
limitations of fire models in fire risk and fire hazard assess-
ments. The guide also makes recommendations for fire model
2. Referenced Documents
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developers to identify appropriate uses and limitations of their
2.1 ASTM Standards:
model.
E 176 Terminology of Fire Standards
4.2 This guide is intended to assist in evaluating the
E 603 Guide for Room Fire Experiments
appropriate use of fire models in fire assessment. These types
E 1355 Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability of
of assessments are employed in product development, as well
Fire Models
as in design and construction. Further guidance can be found in
E 1472 Guide for Documenting Computer Software for Fire
Guide E 1546.
Models
4.3 This guide is not intended to address all or limit any
E 1474 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate
methods of evaluating proper use of a fire model. It does
of Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components of
address the use of fire models in fire hazard assessment. Other
Composites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen Consumption
uses of fire models include post-fire analysis, research, educa-
Calorimeter
tion, and litigation.
E 1546 Guide for Development of Fire-Hazard-Assessment
4.4 The primary emphasis of this guide is both zone models
Standards
and computational fluid dynamics models of compartment
E 1591 Guide for Data for Fire Models
fires. However, other types of mathematical models need
2.2 Other Documents:
similar evaluations of their prediction capabilities.
An Updated International Survey of Computer Models for
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Fire and Smoke
5. Guidance for Model Users
5.1 A model user’s first step should be to define the scope of
the intended fire risk or fire hazard assessment, or both, and
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on Fire Standards
then determine if fire modeling is an appropriate tool to provide
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.33 on Fire Safety Engineering.
information for the decision making process.
Current edition approved February 1, 2004. Published March 2004. Originally
approved in 1997. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as E 1895 - 97.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on Available from National Technical Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Depart-
the ASTM website. ment of Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161.
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Stephen Olenick and Douglas Carpenter, SFPE Journal for Fire Protection Available from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 1 Batterymarch
Engineering, 2002. Also see www.firemodelsurvey.com. Park, Quincy, MA 02269-9101.
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5.2 The user should then determine what models are avail- els, comparison to fire test results, and agreement with actual
able for use. Some are proprietary or not otherwise accessible. fire experien
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