scope:

General

This Allied Publication;

a. provides guidance to the designer on the performance requirements for control and pre-selection of materials for military applications, on the basis of their fire characteristics, to ensure that only suitable materials are fitted in military platforms and equipment. The, "Pre-selection of materials", is considered to be the initial part of the design/selection process, used to screen candidate materials for a particular application, to rank reaction-to-fire properties.

b. identifies and describes the main reaction-to-fire laboratory tests (small scale tests) that may be required, highlights their shortcomings and limitations in relation to a real fire situation and recommends designers to exercise care in making judgements from the test results.

c. defines the format of common data sheets for incorporation into national databases of fire test results and the method by which participating nations will record and share fire test data (see Section 8).

d. defines a classification system for materials which can be used to link STANAG 4602 test results to the requirements of ANEP-77 Naval Ship Code (NSC) and also that can be used for development of national regulations for other vessels including submarines.