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Introduction

The International Aircraft Materials Fire Test Forum meets three times per year. One meeting is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, area, one meeting is held at a host organization at another location in North America, and one meeting is hosted by an organization outside the United States. Issues and concerns in the area of aircraft materials fire safety testing are discussed with emphasis on the current test methods.

For the upcoming meeting, topics to be discussed will include the OSU/NBS test methods, Bunsen burner test method, oil burner for seats and cargo liners. Presentations and updates of round robin tests.

Forum attendees are welcome to open a discussion on any new topic in the aircraft materials fire safety area. This forum is open to anyone in the international community in industry, government , and academia with an interest in aircraft materials fire safety and testing. See below for past meeting minutes and next meeting details.


Updates & Downloads

*** Older updates and downloads can be found here ***


Meetings

The spring Forum meeting has been cancelled. Further information on the possible rescheduling of this Forum will be shared as soon as is possible.


Presentations / Minutes / Attendee Lists

  PPTX files may contain embedded video files. ZIP files contain video and Powerpoint files
Date Presentation Minutes / Attendee List
4/16/2024
  1. Vertical Flame Propagation Test
    PDF (1.5 MB) View Online
  2. Sensitivities of using a Sonic Choke on HR2 (BurnsRITE)
    PDF (1.4 MB) View Online
  3. HR2 Development TRL 6 – Status Update
    PDF (1.4 MB) View Online
  4. RTCA Development of a New Flammability Test for Electronic Equipment
    PDF (923 KB) View Online
  5. Minimizing Halon emissions & improve MRO of aircraft fire extinguishers by acoustic emission technology
    PDF (428 KB) View Online
  6. WASTE COMPARTMENT FIRE CONTAINMENTUPDATE & Other Handbook Proposals
    PDF (890 KB) View Online
  7. Hydrogen Fire & Explosion Research Steering Group
    PDF (807 KB) View Online
  8. EASA update on rulemaking and research
    PDF (1.7 MB) View Online
  9. Cargo Research Area Updates
    PDF (512 KB) View Online
  10. Fire Safety Branch Overview
    PDF (225 KB) View Online
  11. Status of SAE AS8992 Fire Resistant Containers
    PDF (311 KB) View Online
  12. FAA AC 20-135 Revision Update
    PDF (656 KB) View Online
  13. Boeing MPS Chamber: A Comparison of Suppressed and Unsuppressed Multiple Fuel Fires with Verdagent and Halon
    PDF (4.2 MB) View Online
  14. EASA Fire/Explosion Problematics and Rulemaking Activities Overview
    PDF (787 KB) View Online
  15. Powerplant Halon Replacement Current/Recent Activities
    PDF (198 KB) View Online
  16. SAE G27 Committee Update
    PDF (782 KB) View Online
  17. Additive Manufacturing Update
    PDF (303 KB) View Online
  18. State of Charge Verification of UN 3480 Lithium-ion Cells
    PDF (479 KB) View Online
  19. THE INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT FIRE AND CABIN SAFETY RESEARCH CONFERENCE
    PDF (894 KB) View Online
  20. FAA Microscale Combustion Calorimeter Inter-Laboratory Study Update
    PDF (1.7 MB) View Online
  21. New Battery Hazard Measurement Capabilities DC-GC-MS
    PDF (1.5 MB) View Online
  22. FAA Fire Safety Research Grants Update
    PDF (2 MB) View Online
  23. Detection of Signatures from Internal Contaminant Sources
    PPT (24 MB) View Online
  24. Revised Rate of Heat Release Test Method (HR2)
    PPT (9 MB) View Online
  25. Battery Fire Simulator
    PPT (23 MB) View Online
  26. Fire Containment Bags for PEDs
    PPT (312 MB) View Online
  27. High-Fidelity Modeling and Simulation of the NexGen Burner
    PPT (63 MB) View Online
  28. FAA G-27 Round Robin Testing
    PPT (80 MB) View Online
  29. UN Battery Classification Test Method Development
    PPT (24 MB) View Online
  30. Handheld Extinguisher Toxicity Update
    PPT (28 MB) View Online

*** Presentations and Minutes prior to December 2006 ***