British Standards Institution

Sector: Construction

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for developing a policy and strategy in relation to national, European and international standards work on hazards to life from fire ; Planning, and co-ordinating the package of standards in the field of and to resource and organize the structure and work necessary to produce and maintain the standards ; and providing UK input into ISO/TC92/SC3 - Fire threat to people and the environment.

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In Progress (10)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 19677	Guidelines for assessing the adverse impact of wildland fires on the environment and to people through environmental exposure Categories: Fire Protection. General Approval begins :	Approval
PD ISO/TR 26368	Environmental damage limitation from fire-fighting water run-off Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-04-27	Drafting
PD ISO/TR 26367-5	Guidelines for assessing the adverse environmental impact of fire effluents — Part 5: Qualitative estimation of the decomposition products released in fire Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-02-28	Drafting
PD ISO/TR 13571-4	Life-threatening components of fire — Part 4: Comparison of models Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 29904:2013/Amd 1	Fire chemistry — Generation and measurement of aerosols - Amendment 1: Fire chemistry — Generation and measurement of aerosols — Amendment 1 Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-04-16	Drafting
BS ISO 26367-2	Guidelines for assessing the adverse environmental impact of fire effluents —. Part 2: Methodology for compiling data on environmentally significant emissions from fires Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 19677	Guidelines for assessing the adverse impact of wildland fires on the environment and to people through environmental exposure Categories: Fire Protection. General Public comment begins : 2017-02-13	Public comment
BS ISO 13571-5	Life-threatening components of fire —. Part 5: Heat, smoke obscuration and mass loss models Categories: Fire Protection. General Public comment begins : 2025-03-25	Public comment
BS ISO 13571-3	Life-threatening components of fire —. Part 3: Guidelines for the estimation of time to compromised tenability and escape capability from exposure to smoke toxicants, Method B Categories: Fire Protection. General Public comment begins : 2025-04-02	Public comment
BS ISO 13571-1	Life-threatening components of fire —. Part 1: Guidelines for the estimation of time to compromised tenability and escape capability in fires, Method A Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-03-17	Drafting

Published (19)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 23782:2024	Requirements for large-scale test methods to represent fire threats to people in different fire scenarios Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2024-07-26	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19700:2016	Controlled equivalence ratio method for the determination of hazardous components of fire effluents. Steady-state tube furnace Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2016-10-11	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 19677:2019	Guidelines for assessing the adverse impact of wildland fires on the environment and to people through environmental exposure Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2019-02-07	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 12828-3:2024	Validation method for fire gas analysis. Considerations related to interlaboratory trials Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2024-11-25	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 26368:2012	Environmental damage limitation from fire-fighting water run-off Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2013-08-19	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 16312-2:2021	Guidance for assessing the validity of physical fire models for obtaining fire effluent toxicity data for fire hazard and risk assessment. Evaluation of individual physical fire models Categories: Fire protection. Other Published standard begins : 2021-01-25	Published standard
BS ISO 29903:2012	Guidance for comparison of toxic gas data between different physical fire models and scales Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2013-08-15	Published standard
BS ISO 29903-1:2020	Comparison of toxic gas data from different tests. Guidance and requirements Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2020-02-14	Published standard
BS ISO 27368:2008	Analysis of blood for asphyxiant toxicants. Carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide Categories: Fire protection. Other Published standard begins : 2011-02-09	Published standard
BS ISO 26367-3:2022	Guidelines for assessing the adverse environmental impact of fire effluents. Sampling and analysis Categories: Fire Protection. General Published standard begins : 2022-11-24	Published standard

Withdrawn (4)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 26367-1:2011	Guidelines for assessing the adverse environmental impact of fire effluents. General Categories: Fire Protection. General Withdrawn begins : 2019-07-16	Withdrawn
BS ISO 19706:2007	Guidelines for assessing the fire threat to people Categories: Fire Protection. General Withdrawn begins : 2012-04-10	Withdrawn
BS ISO 19701:2005	Methods for sampling and analysis of fire effluents Categories: Fire Protection. General \| Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products Withdrawn begins : 2013-04-15	Withdrawn
BS ISO 13344:2004	Estimation of the lethal toxic potency of fire effluents Categories: Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products \| Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements Withdrawn begins : 2016-01-18	Withdrawn

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Nominating organizations

A S B P - Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
Architectural and Specialist Door Manufacturers Association
B E A M A Limited - British Electrical Systems Association
British Cables Association
British Plastics Federation
Committee Manager
Environment Agency
Fire Brigades Union
H S E - Health and Safety Executive
Insulation Manufacturers Association
Interscience Communications Ltd
Interscience Fire Laboratory
M I M A - Mineralwool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Maze Consulting Limited
National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC)
Phenolic Foam Manufacturers Association
Royal Society of Chemistry
Society of Chemical Industry
Warringtonfire

Liaisons with other committees

Chair - FSH/18
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Expert - ISO 13571

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Committee Chair

Standards Development

FSH/16 - Hazards to life from fire

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