AS 1530 8.2 Australian Standard methos for fire tests on building materials,components and structures part 8.2 : Test on elements of construction for buildings exposed to simulated bushfire attack – Large flaming sources
1.SCOPE
This standard provides methods for determining the performance of external construction elements when exposed to direct flame impingement from the fire front .
NOTES:
- The methods simulate exposure to direct flame the fire front or large burning items such as other burning buildings or adjacent isolated trees and shrubs by utilizing the standard heating regime of AS 1530.4.
- Flame contact from the fire front is expected to last less 2 minutes but a 30 minute exposure Period has been nominated to allow for potentially higher transient temperatures from the fire front. The 30 minute exposure also provides resistance to large burning items adjacent to the element of construction.
- The results of the fire tests may be used to directly assess fire hazard, but it should be recognized that a single test method would not provide a full assessment of fire hazard under all fire conditions.
- These fire tests provide data relating to the performance of a specific type of material for use in bushfire prone areas.
2 OBJECTIVE
The objective of this Standard is to provide build designers, manufacturers, test laboratories and regulatory authorities with a set of uniform requirement for heating conditions, test procedures, and criteria for the determination of the resistance to fire of a single building element or multiple building elements (in accordance with standard heating regime of AS 1530.4) to resist
Exposure to direct flame impingement from the fire front and large secondary fires.