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NFPA 555 ROP Meeting Agenda

NFPA Technical Committee On Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings

(HAR-AAA)

January 19, 2011 Microsoft Live Meeting/Teleconference

1. Call meeting to order. Call meeting to order by the Chair Marcelo Hirschler at 3:00 PM EDT on Wednesday January 19, 2011.

2. Self-introduction of members and guests.

For a current committee roster - See Pages 2-5.

3. Approval of Minutes.

Approve the meeting minutes - See Pages 6-10.

4. Chair Report and review of Agenda (M. Hirschler).

5. Staff Report. (K.Collette)

6. Act on proposed changes to NFPA 555.

a. For Public Proposals – See Pages 11-14.

7. Review Status NFPA 557 (Comment Closing date is March 4, 2010).

8. Other Business.

9. Scheduling of Next Meeting.

10. Adjournment.

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Address List 12/17/2010Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings HAR-AAA

Kristin Collette

Marcelo M. HirschlerHAR-AAAChair

GBH International2 Friar’s LaneMill Valley, CA 94941

Phone/Cell: 415-388-8278Fax: 415-388-5546Email : [email protected]

SE 1/1/1991 Farid AlfawakhiriHAR-AAAPrincipal

American Iron and Steel Institute594 Windham LaneNaperville, IL 60563

Phone/Cell: 630-207-4382Fax:Email : [email protected]

M 9/30/2004

Craig L. BeylerHAR-AAAPrincipal

Hughes Associates, Inc.3610 Commerce Drive, Suite 817Baltimore, MD 21227-1652Alternate: Nestor R. Iwankiw


SE 1/1/1992 David A. BovermanHAR-AAAPrincipal

New South Wales Rural Fire ServiceAmarina Avenue, Locked Bag #12Greenacre, NSW, 2190 Australia

Phone/Cell: 011 61 (02) 8741 5424Fax: 011 61 (02) 9742 7483Email : [email protected]

E 7/23/2008

Elizabeth C. BucHAR-AAAPrincipal

Fire and Materials Research Laboratory, LLC33080 Industrial RoadLivonia, MI 48150


RT 4/17/2002 David G. BuecheHAR-AAAPrincipal

Hoover Treated Wood Products13768 West Asbury CircleLakewood, CO 80228


M 3/15/2007

Cam CopeHAR-AAAPrincipal

Auto Fire and Safety Consultants18500 Trails End RoadConroe, TX 77385

Phone/Cell: 281-362-0930 281-413-5423Fax: 281-362-1329Email : [email protected]

SE 7/26/2007 Gordon H. DamantHAR-AAAPrincipal

Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of California3550 Watt Avenue, Suite 5Sacramento, CA 95821


SE 1/1/1990

Bruce R. EllingwoodHAR-AAAPrincipal

Georgia Institute of TechnologyCivil Engineering Department790 Atlantic DriveAtlanta, GA 30332-0355


RT 4/14/2005 George V. HadjisophocleousHAR-AAAPrincipal

Carleton UniversityCivil & Environmental Engineering1125 Colonel By DriveOttawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada

Phone/Cell: 613-520-2600 x5801Fax: 613-520-3951Email : [email protected]

RT 4/14/2005

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Kristin Collette

John M. HoffmannHAR-AAAPrincipal

Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.27803 College Park DriveWarren, MI 48088-4879Alternate: Donald J. Hoffmann


RT 4/17/2002 Marc L. JanssensHAR-AAAPrincipal

Southwest Research InstituteFire Technology6220 Culebra Road, Building 143San Antonio, TX 78238-5166Alternate: Jason P. Huczek


RT 1/15/2004

William E. KoffelHAR-AAAPrincipal

Koffel Associates, Inc.6522 Meadowridge Road, Suite 101Elkridge, MD 21075-6191Alternate: Erik H. Anderson


SE 1/1/1990 Sergei LevchikHAR-AAAPrincipal

Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP)430 Saw Mill River RoadArdsley, NY 10502


M 10/28/2008

Richard T. Long, Jr.HAR-AAAPrincipal

Exponent, Inc.17000 Science Drive, Suite 200Bowie, MD 20715Upholstered Furniture Action CouncilAlternate: T. Hugh Talley


M 10/27/2009 Daniel J. O'ConnorHAR-AAAPrincipal

Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation1000 Milwaukee Avenue, 5th FloorGlenview, IL 60025-2423American Hotel & Lodging Association


U 1/1/1992

Jeffrey SantrockHAR-AAAPrincipal

General Motors LLC30200 Mound, Mail Code 480-111-E20Warren, MI 48090Alliance of Automobile ManufacturersAlternate: William Randall Edwards


M 7/28/2006 Dwayne E. SloanHAR-AAAPrincipal

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.12 Laboratory DrivePO Box 13995Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3995Alternate: Randall K. Laymon


RT 3/4/2008

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Kristin Collette

Jason TurpinHAR-AAAPrincipal

US Department of the Air ForceWright-Patterson Air Force Base5180 Skeel AvenueWright-Patterson AFB, OH 45431


E 10/27/2009 Steven D. WolinHAR-AAAPrincipal

Code Consultants, Inc.2043 Woodland Parkway, Suite 300St. Louis, MO 63146-4235


SE 9/30/2004

Erik H. AndersonHAR-AAAAlternate

Koffel Associates, Inc.6522 Meadowridge Road, Suite 101Elkridge, MD 21075-6191Principal: William E. Koffel


SE 8/5/2009 William Randall EdwardsHAR-AAAAlternate

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers34167 Alta Loma DriveFarmington, MI 48335Alliance of Automobile ManufacturersPrincipal: Jeffrey Santrock


M 7/26/2007

Donald J. HoffmannHAR-AAAAlternate

Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.27803 College Park DriveWarren, MI 48093-4879Principal: John M. Hoffmann


RT 11/2/2006 Jason P. HuczekHAR-AAAAlternate

Southwest Research Institute6220 Culebra Road, Building 143San Antonio, TX 78238-5166Principal: Marc L. Janssens


RT 7/14/2004

Nestor R. IwankiwHAR-AAAAlternate

Hughes Associates, Inc.5953 North Oconto AvenueChicago, IL 60631Principal: Craig L. Beyler


SE 7/14/2004 Randall K. LaymonHAR-AAAAlternate

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.333 Pfingsten RoadNorthbrook, IL 60062-2096Principal: Dwayne E. Sloan


RT 3/4/2008

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Kristin Collette

T. Hugh TalleyHAR-AAAAlternate

Hugh Talley Company3232 Landmark DriveMorristown, TN 37814Upholstered Furniture Action CouncilPrincipal: Richard T. Long, Jr.


M 1/1/1990 Kristin ColletteHAR-AAAStaff Liaison

National Fire Protection Association1 Batterymarch ParkQuincy, MA 02169-7471


6/29/2007

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ROP Meeting Minutes

Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings

(HAR-AAA) August 4-5, 2010

Quincy, MA

1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chair Marcelo Hirschler at 8:30 am on Wednesday, August 4, 2010.

2. Self-introduction of members and guests.

The following committee members were in attendance:

NAME REPRESENTING

Hirschler, Marcelo GBH International

Alfawakhiri, Farid American Iron and Steel Institute

Beyler, Craig Hughes Associates, Inc.

Buc, Elizabeth Fire and Materials Research Laboratory, LLC

Bueche, David Hoover Treated Wood Products

Cope, Cam Auto Fire and Safety Consultants

Damant, Gordon Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp.

Huczek, Jason - Alt Southwest Research Institute

Iwankiw, Nestor – Alt. Hughes Associates, Inc.

Levchik, Sergei Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP)

Sloan, Dwayne Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Wolin, Steven Code Consultants, Inc.

Collette, Kristin – Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association

The following committee members were not in attendance:

NAME REPRESENTING

Anderson, Erik – Alt. Koffel Associates, Inc.

Boverman, David New South Wales Fire Brigades

Edwards, William – Alt. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Rep. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Ellingwood, Bruce Georgia Institute of Technology

Hadjisophocleous, George Carleton University

Hoffmann, Donald – Alt. Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc. 6 of 14

NAME REPRESENTING

Hoffman, John Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Koffel, William Koffel Associates, Inc.

Long, Richard Exponent, Inc.

Rep. Upholstered Furniture Action Council

O’Connor, Daniel Aon/Schirmer Engineering Corporation

Rep. American Hotel & Lodging Association

Santrock, Jeffrey General Motors LLC

Rep. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

Talley, Hugh. Alt. Upholstered Furniture Action Council

Turpin, Jason US Department of the Air Force

The following guests were in attendance:

NAME REPRESENTING

Matt Connolly (Intern) NFPA

Tracy Golinveaux NFPA

3. Review of Agenda. Chair Hirschler reviewed the agenda and indicated the primary purpose of this meeting was to act on all proposals for NFPA 557.

4. Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the October 6, 2009 meeting were approved with no modifications.

5. Review of Revision Cycle Information. Ms. Collette gave the Technical Committee Meeting Introduction presentation and reviewed the Fall 2011 revision cycle

information for NFPA 557 (See Page 4).

6. Preparation of NFPA 557 ROP. All public proposals included in the agenda package were addressed and committee proposals were generated. See NFPA 557

letter ballots and the Fall 2011 Report on Proposals (ROP) for committee actions on

these proposals. As this is the first edition of the document, the committee fully

reviewed the current draft of NFPA 557 and made additional editorial and technical

changes that will be reflected in the ROP draft.

7. Other Business. The committee formed a task group consisting of M. Hirschler, C. Beyler, D. Bueche, and E. Buc to review the ROP draft of NFPA 557 and identify

issues to be addressed by or at the ROC meeting. Ms. Collette will serve as a liaison

to this task group.

Ms. Collette also reviewed briefly the revision cycle for NFPA 555 which has entered

into the Annual 2012 revision cycle (See Page 5). Due to the revision history of this

document, the committee agreed that a meeting via conference call would be most

appropriate. The ROP meeting for NFPA 555 has been scheduled for Wednesday,

January 19, 2011 from 1:00 to 4:00 EST.

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8. Scheduling of next meeting. The ROC meeting for NFPA 557 is tentatively scheduled for April 5-6, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. Specific meeting location

information will be forthcoming.

9. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned by Chair Marcelo Hirschler at 11:45 am on Thursday, August 5, 2010.

Meeting Minutes Prepared by:

Kristin Collette, NFPA Staff Liaison

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2011 FALL REVISION CYCLE

PROCESS

STAGE PROCESS STEP DATES

FOR TC DATES

FOR TCC 1 PRELIMINARY 1.0 Notification of intent to enter cycle 1/8/10 1/8/10

2.1 Proposal closing date 5/28/10* 5/28/10* 2.2 Final date for ROP meeting 8/27/10 8/6/10 2.3 Final date for mailing TC ballots 9/17/10 8/20/10 2.4 Receipt of (TC) ballots by staff liaison 10/22/10 9/10/10 2.5 Receipt of TC recirculation ballots 11/5/10 9/17/10 2.6 Final date for TCC meeting 10/15/10 2.7 Final date for mailing TCC ballots 10/22/10 2.8 Receipt of TCC ballots 11/12/10 2.9 Receipt of TCC recirculation ballots 11/19/10 2.10 Final copy (w/ ballot statements) to Secretary, Standards Council 11/12/10 11/29/10 2.11 Completion of Reports 11/19/10 12/3/10

2 REPORT ON PROPOSALS

(ROP)

2.12 ROP Published and Posted 12/22/10 12/22/10

3.1 Comment closing date 3/4/11 3/4/11 3.2 Final date for ROC meeting 5/6/11 4/8/11 3.3 Final date for mailing TC ballots 5/20/11 4/22/11 3.4 Receipt of (TC) ballots by staff liaison 6/3/11 5/13/11 3.5 Receipt of TC recirculation ballots 6/10/11 5/20/11 3.6 Final date for TCC meeting 6/17/11 3.7 Final date for mailing TCC ballots 6/24/11 3.8 Receipt of TCC ballots 7/15/11 3.9 Receipt of TCC recirculation ballots 7/22/11 3.10 Final copy (w/ ballot statements) to Secretary, Standards Council 6/24/11 7/29/11 3.11 Completion of Reports 7/15/11 8/5/11

3 REPORT ON COMMENTS

(ROC)

3.12 ROC Published and Posted 8/26/11 8/26/11

4.1 Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) Closing Date 10/21/11 10/21/11 4.2 Posting of Filed NITMAM 11/18/11 11/18/11 4 4.3 Standards Council Issuance Date for Consent Documents 12/13/11 12/13/11

TECH SESSION PREPARATION & ISSUANCE OF CONSENT DOCUMENTS 4.4 Appeal Closing Date for Consent Documents 12/28/11 12/28/11

5 TECHNICAL SESSION 5.0 Association Meeting for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6/3-7/12 6/3-7/12

6.1 Appeal closing date for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6/27/12 6/27/12

6 APPEALS &

ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS W/ CAMS

6.2 Council issuance for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 8/9/12 8/9/12

* Proposal Closing Dates may vary according to documents and schedules for Revision Cycles may change. Please check the NFPA website (www.nfpa.org) for the most up-to-date information on proposal closing dates and schedules.

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2012 ANNUAL REVISION CYCLE

PROCESS STAGE PROCESS STEP DATES

FOR TC DATES

FOR TCC 1 PRELIMINARY 1.0 Notification of intent to enter cycle 7/9/10 7/9/10

2 REPORT ON PROPOSALS

(ROP)

2.1 Proposal closing date 11/23/10* 11/23/10* 2.2 Final date for ROP meeting 2/25/11 2/4/11 2.3 Final date for mailing TC ballots 3/18/11 2/18/11 2.4 Receipt of (TC) ballots by staff liaison 4/22/11 3/11/11 2.5 Receipt of TC recirculation ballots 5/6/11 3/18/11 2.6 Final date for TCC meeting 4/15/11 2.7 Final date for mailing TCC ballots 4/22/11 2.8 Receipt of TCC ballots 5/13/11 2.9 Receipt of TCC recirculation ballots 5/20/11 2.10 Final copy (w/ ballot statements) to Secretary, Standards Council 5/13/11 5/27/11 2.11 Completion of Reports 5/20/11 6/3/11 2.12 ROP Published and Posted 6/24/11 6/24/11

3 REPORT ON COMMENTS

(ROC)

3.1 Comment closing date 8/30/11 8/30/11 3.2 Final date for ROC meeting 11/4/11 10/7/11 3.3 Final date for mailing TC ballots 11/18/11 10/21/11 3.4 Receipt of (TC) ballots by staff liaison 12/2/11 11/11/11 3.5 Receipt of TC recirculation ballots 12/9/11 11/18/11 3.6 Final date for TCC meeting 12/16/11 3.7 Final date for mailing TCC ballots 12/23/11 3.8 Receipt of TCC ballots 1/13/12 3.9 Receipt of TCC recirculation ballots 1/20/12 3.10 Final copy (w/ ballot statements) to Secretary, Standards Council 12/23/11 1/27/12 3.11 Completion of Reports 1/13/12 2/3/12 3.12 ROC Published and Posted 2/24/12 2/24/12

4 TECH SESSION PREPARATION & ISSUANCE OF

CONSENT DOCUMENTS

4.1 Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) Closing Date 4/6/12 4/6/12 4.2 Posting of Filed NITMAM 5/4/12 5/4/12

4.3 Council Issuance Date for Consent Documents 5/29/12 5/29/12

4.4 Appeal Closing Date for Consent Documents 6/13/12 6/13/12

5 TECHNICAL

SESSION 5.0 Association Meeting for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6/4-7/12 6/4-7/12

6

APPEALS & ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS

W/CAMS

6.1 Appeal closing date for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6/27/12 6/27/12

6.2 Council issuance for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 8/9/12 8/9/12

* Proposal Closing Dates may vary according to documents and schedules for Revision Cycles may change. Please check the NFPA website (www.nfpa.org) for the most up-to-date information on proposal closing dates and schedules.

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Report on Proposals – June 2012 NFPA 555_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #CP1

_______________________________________________________________________________________________Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings,

Review entire document to: 1) Update any extracted material by preparing separate proposals todo so, and 2) review and update references to other organizations documents, by preparing proposal(s) as required.

To conform to the NFPA Regulations Governing Committee Projects.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #9

_______________________________________________________________________________________________Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International

Standards update.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #7


Revise text to read as follows:ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700,West Conshohocken, PA

19428-2959.ASTM E 603, , 2002 2007.ASTM E 1321, , 2001 2009.ASTM E 1354,

, 2002 2010a.ASTM E 1474,

, 2002 2010.ASTM E 1537, , 2002 2007.ASTM E 1590, , 2002 2007.ASTM E 1740,

2002

.ASTM E 1822, 2002 2009.ASTM E 2061, 2002 2009a.ASTM E 2067, , 2002 2008.ASTM E 2257, , 2003 2008.ASTM E 2280,

, 2003 2009.ASTM Standards update.

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Report on Proposals – June 2012 NFPA 555_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #1

_______________________________________________________________________________________________John F. Bender, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Revise text to read as follows:Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2096.

UL 1975, , 1996 2006.Reason: Update referenced standards to most recent revisions.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #3


Revise text to read as follows:This chapter presents techniques for estimating the heat release rate for various individual items or

products in a compartment, based on the results of direct measurements. Heat release rate is a crucial property forassessing fire safety, because its maximum value is the numerical representation of the peak intensity of a fire.Therefore, estimates of heat release rate are critical in predicting whether flashover can occur in a compartment, basedon the items or products contained in the compartment and the distances between them. Sections 9.2 through 9.8present a hierarchy of the preferred techniques for such estimates. Two documents recently developed Some guidancedocuments issued by standards making organizations will be of potential assistance to anyone considering methods forevaluating potential for flashover: ASTM E 2061, , andASTM E 2280,

and NFPA 556,. The first of these former of these two guides investigates fire hazard assessment in a

specific occupancy (a rail transportation vehicle, which is one type of compartment), and the latter of the guides thesecond one investigates fire hazard assessment of a specific product (upholstered furniture in a patient room of a healthcare occupancy) and the most recent one investigates the use of such techniques, and others, to evaluate and lower firehazard in passenger road vehicles (such as cars) .

Adding reference to NFPA 556.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #4


Revise text to read as follows:Furniture calorimeter test methods are useful techniques to assess the heat release and other fire properties of

individual fuel packages. UL 1975, , isintended to assess the heat release and rate of fire development of products containing foamed plastics, to be used fordisplays, stage settings, and other decorative applications. It uses a 340 g wood crib as the ignition source. Morerecently, NFPA 289, Standard Method of Fire Test for Individual Fuel Packages, was developed as a furniturecalorimeter test which uses several gas burner ignition sources, at incident gas levels of 20 kW, 40 kW, 70 kW, 100, kW,160 kW and 300 kW, to expose individual fuel packages.

Add reference to a new furniture calorimeter test standard.

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Revise text to read as follows:Some codes address testing of decorative objects constructed of foamed plastic, and such as stage

settings, foamed panels, and portable exhibit booths, by means of UL 1975,which is similar to using a product calorimeter with an ignition source of 20 kW.

UL 1975 uses a 340 g wood crib as the ignition source. More recently, those codes have added the option of usingNFPA 289, Standard Method of Fire Test for Individual Fuel Packages, with the gas burner at the incident gas level of20 kW as an alternative approach.

Add reference to a new furniture calorimeter test standard.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #8


Standards update.

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Revise text to read as follows:ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA

19428-2959ASTM E 84, , 2010b 1999.ASTM E 648,

, 2010 1999.ASTM E 906/E906M , ,

2010 1999.ASTM E 1321, , 1997 2009.ASTM E 1354,

, 2002 2010a.ASTM E 1474,

, 1996 2010.ASTM E 1537, , 1999 2007.ASTM E 1590, , 2002 2007.ASTM E 1822, 2002 2009.ASTM E 2061, 2002 2009a.ASTM E 2067, , 2002 2008.ASTM E 2257, , 2003 2008.ASTM F 1550,

, 2001 2005.The following documents or portions thereof are listed here as informational resources

only. They are not directly referenced in this guide.ASTM D 6113,

2002 2010.ASTM E 1623,

, 2002 2009.Janssens, M., “Room Fire Models, General,” , Babrauskas, V., and Grayson, S. J. (eds.),

Elsevier, London, pp. 113–158, 1992.ASTM Standards update.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________555- Log #2

_______________________________________________________________________________________________John F. Bender, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Revise text to read as follows:Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2096.

UL 1975, , 1996 2006.Reason: Update referenced standards to most recent revisions.

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