British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: FSH/18/7 - Foam/Media Systems
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Health and Safety | Fire Protection | Fire Protection. General | Fire-fighting | Fire protection equipment | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Fire protection. Other

Scope

This standard specifies the essential properties and performance of liquid wetting agent concentrates used to make wetting agents for the extinction and inhibition of reignition of fires of Class A fuels (Solid materials, usually of an organic nature, in which combustion normally takes place with the formation of glowing embers). Minimum performance on certain test fires is specified.

Purpose

While testing of wetting capabilities is common for detergents (ASTM D2281, ISO 8022) and coatings at present there is no internationally recognized standard for wetting agents for firefighting and only very few national standards (e.g. NFPA 18). The international community of fire protection considers an ISO standard as international reference to testing methodology and minimum quality criterion for Class A foams valuable.

See also RESOLUTION 130 (8 SEOUL 2009) and ISO TC 21/SC 6 document N 384 (2009-09-18).

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

30/09/2020

Proposal end date:

12/12/2020

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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ISO/TC 21/SC 6 N 607, ISO/NP 5868 Specification for wetting agents for application on Class A fires

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