This Aerospace Standard (AS) specifies the minimum design and performance criteria and testing methods of passive fire resistant containers (FRCs) used either: a In those cargo compartments of civil transport aircraft where they constitute one means of complying with applicable airworthiness regulations, or b On a voluntary basis, when deemed appropriate by operators to improve fire protection in aircraft cargo compartments where airworthiness regulations do not mandate their use.

AGE-2 Air Cargo

Fire Resistant Container Design, Performance, and Testing Requirements

AS8992-TEST-REC (Historical)10/27/2020

AGE-2 Air Cargo

Fire Prevention on Forestry Machinery

J1212_202010 (Current)

10/06/2020

This document applies to off-road forestry work machines defined in SAE J1116 or ISO 6814.

MTC4, Forestry and Logging Equipment

Self-Powered Alarm Fights Forest Fires, Monitors Environment

TBMG-3766409/01/2020

In a new study, a team of Michigan State University scientists designed and fabricated a remote forest fire detection and alarm system powered by nothing but the movement of the trees in the wind. The device, known as MC-TENG — short for multilayered cylindrical triboelectric nanogenerator — generates electrical power by harvesting energy from the sporadic movement of the tree branches from which it hangs.

Test Method for Aerospace Firewall Sealant Flame Penetration

AS5127/2C (Historical)07/07/2020

This SAE Aerospace Standard (AS) describes the test methods to determine the flammability performance and capability to control the passage of, and effects from, fire on aircraft firewall sealing compounds. The methods are based requirements of FAR Part 25 Sections 25.865, 25.867, 25.1191, and 25.1193 and may be used to demonstrate compliance with the requirements established by FAA AC 20-135. This standard shall be used in conjunction with applicable material specifications.

AMS G9 Aerospace Sealing Committee

Safety Considerations for Airplane Lavatories

ARP1315E (Current)06/25/2020

This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) establishes safety recommendations for lavatories in transport category airplanes.

S-9B Cabin Interiors and Furnishings Committee

Wool Mask Used to Fight Fires in Space Improves Fire Equipment on Earth

TBMG-3702706/01/2020

Spinoff is NASA’s annual publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. This commercialization has contributed to the development of products and services in the fields of health and medicine, consumer goods, transportation, public safety, computer technology, and environmental resources.

Fire Containment Cover - Operation and Use

ARP6905-TEST-REC (Historical)04/23/2020

This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) provides guidelines for the effective operation and use of fire containment covers (FCCs). Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) C203 and C90e (and later revisions) incorporate AS6453, and provide the Minimum Performance Standards (MPS) for an FCC design. The net and pallet used with the FCC must be approved using the updated net and flammability requirements in TSO C90e and later revisions. However, fire containment performance also requires this equipment is properly used. Fire safety is compromised when FCCs are used in an inadequate manner.

AGE-2 Air Cargo

Fire Containment Cover - Operation and Use

ARP6905 (Current)

04/23/2020

AGE-2 Air Cargo

Full-Scale Burn Test of a 2014 Sport Utility Vehicle

2020-01-092504/14/2020

Results from a full-scale vehicle burn test involving a sport utility vehicle illustrated how fire spread throughout the vehicle, how temperature distributions changed over time, and how arcing-through-char is not guaranteed in a vehicle fire. The fire was initiated on a grommet on the rear portion of the passenger’s side of the engine compartment. Once the temperature near the origin reached approximately 600°C, the rate of fire spread rapidly increased. Over the next 3.5 minutes, the fire spread to all locations within the engine compartment and both front tires. Although the vehicle’s electrical system was energized for the duration of the fire, with the battery located at the rear of the passenger compartment, no evidence of beaded copper wires was observed on any of the conductors located in the engine compartment.

Knox, Benjamin, Papageorge, Michael, Colwell, Jeff D.

Phenolic SMC for Automotive Fire Resistance

2020-01-077104/14/2020

Phenolic resins that meet REACH compliance and contain lower free-formaldehyde are safer to handle, compound, and mold. These resin systems do not contain any styrene or require any fillers to achieve their rated fire resistance. A commercial phenolic sheet-molding compound (SMC) is presented that achieves a 2-minute cycle time and addresses the unique requirements in an electrified vehicle architecture. This new SMC material includes all the industrially relevant considerations including material processing, shelf life, and surface finish. Other topics such as material hybridization and comparison to incumbent materials also discussed. The resin system uses a water-based phenolic resole which is acid-cured. This chemistry presents several unique challenges and opportunities for the industry such as managing formulation pH and appropriate methods for quality control. A demonstrator battery cover highlights the superior fire performance, impact resistance, and light weighting that is

Swentek, Ian, Ball, Cedric A., Greydanus, Stephen, Nara, Kameswara Rao

An Analysis of the Effects of Ventilation on Burn Patterns Resulting from Passenger Compartment Interior Fires

2020-01-092304/14/2020

Vehicle fire investigators often use the existence of burn patterns and the amount and location of fire damage to determine the fire origin and its cause. The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of ventilation location on the burn patterns and burn damage of passenger compartment fires. Four similar 20XX Ford Fusion vehicles were burned. The fire origin and first material ignited were the same for all four vehicles. In each test, a different door window was down for the duration of the burn test. Each vehicle was allowed to burn until the windshield, back glass, or another window, other than the window used for ventilation, failed, thus changing the ventilation pattern. At that point, the fire was extinguished. Temperatures were measured in the passenger compartment and video and still photography were recorded. Post-burn, the vehicle burn patterns were analyzed and conclusions drawn on: ability to determine a window was open during the fire, which window was open, the effect

Engle, James J., Buckman, Jennifer L., Williams, Jeff, Kemnitz, Erich, Kalis, Eric

Laser-Based System Detects Fires Even in Dusty, Harsh Environments

TBMG-3575601/01/2020

Researchers have developed a new laser-based system that offers an efficient and low-cost way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites. With further development, the system could eventually detect fires that are more than a kilometer away. It could be used in a variety of industries such as waste management facilities, power supply plants, food processing factories, and textile factories.

Products of Tomorrow: December 2019

TBMG-3570712/01/2019

This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.

Motion-Powered, Fireproof Sensor

TBMG-3543111/01/2019

Researchers have created a motion-powered, fireproof sensor that can track the movements of firefighters, steelworkers, miners, and others who work in high-risk environments where they cannot always be seen. The sensor alerts someone outside if the movement ceases.

R-1234yf (HFO-1234yf) Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment for Flammable Refrigerants for Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems

J2843_201907 (Current)07/15/2019

This SAE Standard applies to equipment to be used with R-1234yf refrigerant only. It establishes requirements for equipment used to recharge R-1234yf to an accuracy level that meets Section 9 of this document and purity levels defined in SAE J2099. Refrigerant service equipment is required to ensure adequate refrigerant recovery to reduce emissions and provide for accurate recharging of mobile air conditioning systems. Equipment shall be certified to meet all performance requirements outlined in this document and international/regional construction and safety requirements as outlined in this document.

Interior Climate Control Service Committee

Products of Tomorrow: July 2019

TBMG-3475707/01/2019

Q&A: Professor Jaime Grunlan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

TBMG-3414104/01/2019

Professor Grunlan and his team are developing a new flame-retardant coating using renewable, nontoxic materials readily found in nature that could provide effective fire protection for several widely used materials.

Test Procedure for Battery Flame Retardant Venting Systems

J1495_201811 (Current)

11/12/2018

This SAE Standard details procedures for testing lead-acid SLI (starting, lighting, and ignition), heavy-duty, EV (electric vehicle), and RV (recreational vehicle) batteries, to determine the effectiveness of the battery venting system to retard the propagation of an externally ignited flame of battery gas into the interior of the battery under sustained overcharge conditions. NOTE: At this time, 2018, there is no known comparable ISO Standard.

Starter Battery Standards Committee