NFPA Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and

Furnishings (HAR-AAA)
NFPA 557 FIRST DRAFT MEETING AGENDA
October 12, 2020
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm (EST)
Web/Teleconference

Monday, October 12, 2020

1. Call to Order -3:00 pm

2. Attendance and Voting Members (Page 2)
3. Review Agenda
4. Chairman’s Remarks
5. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (November 13, 2018) (Page 4)
6. Act on Six (6) Public Inputs for NFPA 557 (Page 6)
7. Adjourn 5:00 pm

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Address List No Phone Tracy L. Vecchiarelli
Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings HAR-AAA

Steven D. Wolin M 9/30/2004 Farid Alfawakhiri M 9/30/2004

Chair HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc. American Iron and Steel Institute
1470 Smith Grove Road 380 Cottonwood Lane
Liberty, SC 29657-4305 Naperville, IL 60540-5020

Craig L. Beyler SE 1/1/1992 David A. Boverman E 7/23/2008

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
JENSEN HUGHES NSW Rural Fire Service
3610 Commerce Drive, Suite 817 15 Carter Street
Baltimore, MD 21227-1652 Lidcombe, NSW, 2141 Australia
JENSEN HUGHES Alternate: Shaohua Xia
Alternate: Nestor R. Iwankiw

Elizabeth C. Buc RT 4/17/2002 David G. Bueche M 3/15/2007

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC Hoover Treated Wood Products
33025 Industrial Road 13768 West Asbury Circle
Livonia, MI 48150-1619 Lakewood, CO 80228

Michael T. Burr RT 10/18/2011 Cam Cope SE 7/26/2007

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Auto Fire and Safety Consultants
27803 College Park Drive 18500 Trails End Road
Warren, MI 48088-4879 Conroe, TX 77385
Alternate: Jerry W. Wallace

Jason Daniels SE 08/11/2014 Richard J. Davis I 07/29/2013

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Code Consultants, Inc. FM Global
2043 Woodland Parkway 1151 Boston-Providence Trnpk
Suite 300 PO Box 9102
Saint Louis, MO 63146-4235 Norwood, MA 02062-9102
FM Global

Jonathan Hernandez U 04/05/2016 Marcelo M. Hirschler SE 1/1/1991

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Boston Fire Department GBH International
124 Selden Street #3 2 Friar’s Lane
Boston, MA 02124 Mill Valley, CA 94941
Alternate: Timothy Earl

William E. Koffel SE 1/1/1990 Sergei V. Levchik M 10/28/2008

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Koffel Associates, Inc. Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP)
8815 Centre Park Drive 769 Saw Mill River Road
Suite 200 4th Floor
Columbia, MD 21045-2107 Tarrytown, NY 10591

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Address List No Phone Tracy L. Vecchiarelli
Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings HAR-AAA

James R. Richardson E 04/05/2016 Jeffrey Santrock M 7/28/2006

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
Lisle Woodridge Fire District General Motors Company
1005 School Street 30200 Mound
Lisle, IL 60532 Mail Code 480-111-E20
Warren, MI 48090
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Alternate: William Randall Edwards

Dwayne E. Sloan RT 3/4/2008 Peter J. Willse I 07/29/2013

Principal HAR-AAA Principal HAR-AAA
UL LLC AXA XL/Global Asset Protection Services, LLC
12 Laboratory Drive 100 Constitution Plaza
PO Box 13995 12th Floor
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3995 Hartford, CT 06103
Alternate: John A. Frank

Xianxu (Sherri) Hu I 03/07/2013 Timothy Earl SE 10/18/2011

Voting Alternate HAR-AAA Alternate HAR-AAA
Verisk Analytics/Insurance Services Office, Inc. GBH International
545 Washington Boulevard 6862 Shallowford Way
20th Floor/Aisle E6/Seat N5 Portage, MI 49024
Jersey City, NJ 07310-1607 Principal: Marcelo M. Hirschler

William Randall Edwards M 7/26/2007 John A. Frank I 07/29/2013

Alternate HAR-AAA Alternate HAR-AAA
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Global Asset Protection Services, LLC
34167 Alta Loma Drive 111 Club Circle
Farmington, MI 48335 Stockbridge, GA 30281
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Principal: Peter J. Willse
Principal: Jeffrey Santrock

Nestor R. Iwankiw SE 7/14/2004 Jerry W. Wallace RT 10/18/2011

Alternate HAR-AAA Alternate HAR-AAA
JENSEN HUGHES Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
5953 North Oconto Avenue 27803 College Park Drive
Chicago, IL 60631 Warren, MI 48088-4879
Principal: Craig L. Beyler Principal: Michael T. Burr

Shaohua Xia E 03/05/2012 Tracy L. Vecchiarelli 8/12/2020

Alternate HAR-AAA Staff Liaison HAR-AAA
Fire & Rescue New South Wales National Fire Protection Association
Amarina Avenue, 2190 One Batterymarch Park
NSW Quincy, MA 02169-7471
Greenacre, 2190 Australia
Principal: David A. Boverman

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 NFPA 556 and 557 Second Draft Meeting Minutes

NFPA Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents

and Furnishings
Second Draft Meeting
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Web/Teleconference

1. Call meeting to order. The meeting was called to order by Chair Steven Wolin
at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

2. Introduction of members and guests. Staff called the roll and recorded the
members who responded as being present.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT

NAME
Steven D. Wolin, Chair
Jason Daniels, Principal
Richard Davis, Principal
Marcelo Hirschler, Principal
William Koffel, Principal
Sergei Levchik, Principal
James Richardson, Principal
Jeffrey Santrock, Principal
Dwayne Sloan, Principal
John Frank, Alternate to P.
Willse
William Ivans, Alternate to X.
Hu
Jerry Wallace, Alternate to M.
Burr
Valerie Ziavras, Staff Liaison
COMPANY
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc.
Code Consultants, Inc.
FM Global
GBH International
Koffel Associates, Inc.
Israel Chemicals Ltd.
Lisle Woodridge Fire District
General Motors Company
UL LLC
Global Asset Protection Services, LLC
Verisk/Insurance Services Office
Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
National Fire Protection Association

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PRINCIPAL MEMBERS NOT PRESENT

(NOT LISTED WHERE ALTERNATE ATTENDED)

NAME COMPANY
Farid Alfawakhiri, Principal American Iron and Steel Institute
Craig Beyler, Principal JENSEN HUGHES

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Elizabeth Buc, Principal
David Bueche, Principal
Cam Cope, Principal
Gordon Damant, Principal
Jonathan Hernandez, Principal
Peter Willse, Principal
Joel Sipe, Voting Alternate
NSW Rural Fire Service
Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC
Hoover Treated Wood Products
Auto Fire and Safety Consultants
Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of
California
Boston Fire Department
AXA XL/Global Asset Protection Services,
LLC
Exponent, Inc.

3. Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the October 18, 2018 First Draft Meeting
minutes were approved as submitted.

4. Chair’s Report and Agenda Review. S. Wolin updated the committee on the
Fire Protection Research Foundation Project related to 557.

5. The Process – NFPA Staff Second Draft Presentation. Staff explained the
revision schedule and particulars for committee actions at the Second Draft
meeting via the slides included in the agenda.

6. NFPA 556 Second Draft preparation. All Public Comments were addressed.
Second revisions were prepared as needed.

7. NFPA 557 Second Draft preparation. All Public Comments were addressed.
Second revisions were prepared as needed.

8. Other Business. V. Ziavras explained that the Standards Council pushed 555
back a cycle and therefore it is still open for public input. The first draft meeting
will be held sometime between January and June 2019. The committee would like
to move NFPA 557 to a 3 year cycle. This request will be brought to the
Standards Council.

9. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned by Chair Steven Wolin at 12:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

Meeting Minutes Prepared By:

Valerie Ziavras, NFPA Staff

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Public Input No. 2-NFPA 557-2020 [ Section No. 2.3.2 ]

2.3.2 ASTM Publications.

ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959.
www.astm.org
ASTM E84, Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, 2018b 20120 .
ASTM E136, Test Method for Behavior of Materials in a Assessing Combustibility of Materials Using a
Vertical Tube Furnace at 750°C, 2016a 2019a .
ASTM E2652, Test Method for Behavior of Materials in a Assessing Combustibility of Materials Using a
Tube Furnace with a Cone-shaped Airflow Stabilizer, at 750°C, 2016 2018 .
ASTM E2965, Test Method for Determination of Low Levels of Heat Release Rate for Materials and
Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter, 2017.
ASTM E2768, Test Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials
(30 min Tunnel Test) , 2011 (2018).

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

updates
ASTM E2768 is being added because it is proposed to be referenced in another PI.

Related Public Inputs for This Document

Related Input Relationship

Public Input No. 6-NFPA 557-2020 [Section No. 7.3.2]

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Marcelo Hirschler

Organization: GBH International
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Submittal Date: Thu Jun 18 19:51:54 EDT 2020
Committee: HAR-AAA

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Public Input No. 4-NFPA 557-2020 [ Section No. 4.6.2 ]

4.6.2 Limited-Combustible Material.

A material shall be considered a limited-combustible material where both one of the following is met.
(1) The conditions of 4.6.2

(
(1) . 1
)
(1) and 4.6.2
(
(1) . 2
),
(1) and the conditions of either 4.6.2.
1
(1) 3 or 4.6.2.
2, are met.
(1) 4 shall be met.
(2) The conditions of 4.6.2.5 shall be met. [ 5000: 7.1.4.2]

4.6.2.1 The material does not comply with the requirements for a noncombustible material in
accordance with 4.6.1 .

The
[5000:7.1.4.2.1]

4.6.2.2 The material, in the form in which it is used, exhibits a potential heat value not exceeding
3500 Btu/lb ( 8141 kJ/kg

(3500 Btu/lb) where

) , when tested in accordance with NFPA 259.

[ 5000: 7.1.4.2 .2 ]

4.6.2. 1 3 The material shall have a structural base of a noncombustible material with a surfacing
not exceeding a thickness of 3.2 mm ( 1 ⁄ 8 in.) where the surfacing exhibits a flame spread index not
greater than 50 when tested in accordance with ASTM E84, Test Method for Surface Burning
Characteristics of Building Materials , or UL 723, Test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building
Materials . [ 5000: 7.1.4.2.
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4.6.2.2 4
The material shall be composed of materials that in the form and thickness used, neither exhibit a flame
spread index greater than 25 nor exhibit evidence of continued progressive combustion when tested in
accordance with ASTM E84, Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, or
UL 723, Test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, and are of such composition that all
surfaces that would be exposed by cutting through the material on any plane would neither exhibit a flame
spread index greater than 25 nor exhibit evidence of continued progressive combustion when tested in
accordance with ASTM E84 or UL 723. [5000:7.1.4.2.2 4 ]
4.6.2.3 5
Materials shall be considered limited-combustible materials where tested in accordance with ASTM E2965,
Test for Determination of Low Levels of Heat Release Rate for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen
Combustion Calorimeter, at an incident heat flux of 75 kW/m2 for a 20-minute exposure, and both the
following conditions are met:
(1) The peak heat release rate shall not exceed 150 kW/m2 for longer than 10 seconds.

(2) The total heat released shall not exceed 8 MJ/m2.

[5000:7.1.4.2.3 5 ]
4.6.2.4 6
Where the term limited-combustible is used in this standard, it shall also include the term noncombustible.
[5000:7.1.4.2.4 6 ]

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

Extract from the 2021 edition of NFPA 5000, which is updated from the 2018 edition. No changes are being
proposed from the 2021 edition of NFPA 5000.

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Marcelo Hirschler

Organization: GBH International
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Submittal Date: Thu Jun 18 19:56:33 EDT 2020
Committee: HAR-AAA

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Public Input No. 6-NFPA 557-2020 [ Section No. 7.3.2 ]

7.3.2*
If the calorific value of the item is not known, the fire load shall be determined by multiplying the mass of the
item by the heat of combustion in Table 7.3.2.
7.3.2.1 A wood product shall be acceptable as a fire retardant-treated wood product for this standard if it
has been impregnated with chemicals and, when tested in accordance with ASTM E2768, Standard Test
Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials (30 min Tunnel Test), it
exhibits a flame spread index not exceeding 25 (over the first 10 minutes of test) and a flame front that
does not progress more than 3.2 m (10.5 ft) beyond the centerline of the burner at any time during the test,
on both the front and back faces.
7.3.2.2 A product shall be acceptable as an ignition resistant material for this standard if it does not have a
coating or other exterior protective layer and, when tested in accordance with ASTM E2768, Standard Test
Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials (30 min Tunnel Test), it
exhibits a flame spread index not exceeding 25 (over the first 10 minutes of test) and a flame front that
does not progress more than 3.2 m (10.5 ft) beyond the centerline of the burner at any time during the test,
on both the front and back faces.
Table 7.3.2 Heat of Combustion

Heat of
Material Combustion
Unknown or not listed below 40 MJ/kg
Cellulosic materials without a wood structure 17 MJ/kg
Products that have complied with the fire tests required by NFPA 90A or by the applicable
15 MJ/kg
mechanical code, to use exposed in plenums
Upholstered furniture or mattresses that have complied with the fire tests required for
such products according to Chapter 10 of NFPA 101 or by the applicable fire code, and 15 MJ/kg
have done so without the use of barriers
Electrical or optical fiber wires and cables that have complied with the fire tests required
for use in risers (vertical runs in a shaft or from floor to floor) or in plenums (ducts, 15 MJ/kg
plenums, and other spaces used for environmental air) as required by the NFPA 70
Wood products that comply with the requirements of the applicable building code or fire
code for classification as fire retardant–treated wood products based on testing as 10 MJ/kg
required in 7.3.2.1
Materials or products that have complied with the requirements of limited combustible
materials in accordance with NFPA 101 8.141 MJ/kg
Materials or products that comply with the requirements of ignition resistant materials 20 MJ/kg
based on testing as required in 7.3.2.2

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

This PI adds ignition resistant materials to the list and requires them to meet that on both the front and back faces
and without coatings or protective layers. Since these products have to meet a very severe fire test it is clear that
their heat of combustion is much lower than that for standard plastic materials. Further information is being added
in this section and in the annex.

Related Public Inputs for This Document

Related Input Relationship

Public Input No. 5-NFPA 557-2020 [Section No. A.7.3.2]
Public Input No. 2-NFPA 557-2020 [Section No. 2.3.2]
Public Input No. 5-NFPA 557-2020 [Section No. A.7.3.2]

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Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Marcelo Hirschler

Organization: GBH International
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Submittal Date: Tue Jun 23 19:11:02 EDT 2020
Committee: HAR-AAA

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Public Input No. 5-NFPA 557-2020 [ Section No. A.7.3.2 ]

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A.7.3.2
NFPA 90A requires that the following materials or products exposed to the airflow in plenums comply with
the indicated fire tests.
Electrical wires and cables and optical fiber cables must be listed as having a maximum peak optical
density of 0.50 or less, an average optical density of 0.15 or less, and a maximum flame spread distance of
1.5 m (5 ft) or less when tested in accordance with NFPA 262.
Pneumatic tubing for control systems must be listed as having a maximum peak optical density of 0.5 or
less, an average optical density of 0.15 or less, and a maximum flame spread distance of 1.5 m (5 ft) or
less when tested in accordance with UL 1820, Fire Test of Pneumatic Tubing for Flame and Smoke
Characteristics.
Nonmetallic fire sprinkler piping must be listed as having a maximum peak optical density of 0.5 or less, an
average optical density of 0.15 or less, and a maximum flame spread distance of 1.5 m (5 ft) or less when
tested in accordance with UL 1887, Fire Test of Plastic Sprinkler Pipe for Visible Flame and Smoke
Characteristics.
Optical fiber and communication raceways must be listed as having a maximum peak optical density of 0.5
or less, an average optical density of 0.15 or less, and a maximum flame spread distance of 1.5 m (5 ft) or
less when tested in accordance with UL 2024, Optical-Fiber and Communications Cable Raceway.
Loudspeakers, recessed lighting fixtures, and other electrical equipment with combustible enclosures,
including their assemblies and accessories, cable ties, and other discrete products, must be listed as
having a maximum peak optical density of 0.5 or less, an average optical density of 0.15 or less, and a
peak heat release rate of 100 kW or less when tested in accordance with UL 2043, Fire Test for Heat and
Visible Smoke Release for Discrete Products and Their Accessories Installed in Air-Handling Spaces.
Insulation materials and many other products must comply with a flame spread index of 25 or less and a
smoke developed index of 50 or less when tested in accordance with ASTM E84, Test Method for Surface
Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, or UL 723, Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of
Building Materials.
Chapter 10 of NFPA 101 requires that upholstered furniture items in nonsprinklered facilities comply with a
peak heat release rate of no more than 80 kW and a total heat release of no more than 25 MJ during the
first 10 minutes when tested in accordance with ASTM E1537, Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered
Furniture. Chapter 10 of NFPA 101 also requires that mattresses in nonsprinklered facilities comply with a
peak heat release rate of no more than 100 kW and a total heat release of no more than 25 MJ during the
first 10 minutes when tested in accordance with ASTM E1590, Test Method for Fire Testing of Mattresses. It
is possible to comply with both tests by using barriers enclosing the padding or filling materials; in such
cases the effective heat of combustion will be that of the traditional filling material.
NFPA 70 requires that electrical or optical fiber wires and cables to be used in risers (vertical runs in a shaft
or from floor to floor) comply with the requirements of UL 1666, Test for Flame Propagation Height of
Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cable Installed Vertically in Shafts, and be capable of preventing the carrying of
fire from floor to floor and that wires or cables to be used in plenums (ducts, plenums, and other spaces
used for environmental air) comply with the requirements associated with NFPA 262.
Fire retardant–treated wood products must exhibit a flame spread index not exceeding 25 when tested in
accordance with ASTM E84 or UL 723, and show no evidence of significant progressive combustion when
the test is continued for an additional 20-minute period, and have a flame front that does not progress more
than 3.2 m (10.5 ft) beyond the centerline of the burner at any time during the test. In 2011, a test (30-min
Tunnel Test) was developed and documented in ASTM E2768, Test Method for Extended Duration Surface
Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, which standardized the way in which the “30-min ASTM E84”
test is to be conducted. ASTM E2768 states that if the flame front does not progress more than 3.2 m
(10.5 ft) beyond the centerline of the burners at any time during the 3-min test period, that is considered
evidence of no significant progressive combustion in the test method. In order for a wood material to be
designated as fire retardant–treated wood, it would have to comply with the requirements above when
tested using ASTM E84 or UL 723 on any side E2768 on the front and back , and it must be impregnated,
and not simply coated, with chemicals.
Materials that comply with the requirements of limited combustible materials must exhibit a potential heat
not exceeding 8.141 MJ/kg when tested in accordance with NFPA 259.
Wildland urban interface codes describe ignition resistant materials, which are those materials that comply
with the same requirements as fire retardant-treated wood products, in terms of having to be tested to
ASTM E2768 (the "30-min ASTM E84 test") and exhibit a flame spread index not exceeding 25 (during the
first 10 minutes of test) and have a flame front that does not progress more than 3.2 m (10.5 ft) beyond the
centerline of the burner at any time during the entire 30 minutes of the test. If the material complies with
these requirements on the front and back faces (meaning that it does not meet the requirements based on
a coating or on a protective layer) it is clear that the material must be considered to exhibit a heat of
combustion much lower than that of plastic materials.
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Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

Recently wildland urban interface codes (including the IWUIC and California's Chapter 7A) are recognizing a
category of materials that are known as "ignition resistant materials" and, as a result of their fire test performance
can be assessed to have much lower heat of combustion than traditional plastic materials. This should not apply to
materials or products that achieve such fire performance by means of coatings or exterior protective layers but
achieve the performance on both the front and back faces, meaning that they are relatively homogeneous.
Also recently it has been made clear (both in ASTM E84 and in the codes) that the issue of "significant progressive
combustion" is covered by the performance requirement of the flame front progression, which is why that
information is being proposed to be deleted.

Related Public Inputs for This Document

Related Input Relationship

Public Input No. 6-NFPA 557-2020 [Section No. 7.3.2]
Public Input No. 6-NFPA 557-2020 [Section No. 7.3.2]

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Marcelo Hirschler

Organization: GBH International
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Submittal Date: Tue Jun 23 18:52:12 EDT 2020
Committee: HAR-AAA

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Public Input No. 3-NFPA 557-2020 [ Section No. E.1.2.2 ]

E.1.2.2 ASTM Publications.

ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959.
ASTM E84, Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, 2018b 2020 .
ASTM E1537, Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furniture, 2016.
ASTM E1590, Test Method for Fire Testing of Mattresses, 2017.
ASTM E2768, Test Method for Extended Duration Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials
(30 min Tunnel Test), 2011 (2018).

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

update

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Marcelo Hirschler

Organization: GBH International
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Submittal Date: Thu Jun 18 19:53:31 EDT 2020
Committee: HAR-AAA

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Public Input No. 1-NFPA 557-2020 [ Section No. E.1.2.4 ]

E.1.2.4 UL Publications.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062–2096.
UL 723, Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, 2018.
UL 1666, Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cable Installed Vertically in
Shafts, 2007, revised 2017.
UL 1820, Fire Test of Pneumatic Tubing for Flame and Smoke Characteristics, 2004, revised 2017.
UL 1887, Fire Test of Plastic Sprinkler Pipe for Visible Flame and Smoke Characteristics, 2004, revised
2017.
UL 2024, Optical-Fiber and Communications Cable Raceway, 2004, revised 2015.
UL 2043, Fire Test for Heat and Visible Smoke Release for Discrete Products and their Accessories
Installed in Air-Handling Spaces, 2013, revised 2018.

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

Reason: Updating wording in references.

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Kelly Nicolello

Organization: UL LLC
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Submittal Date: Tue Jun 16 12:33:02 EDT 2020
Committee: HAR-AAA

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