ABSTRACT
Various organizations throughout the world create fire standards. These include both national and
international organizations. In the United States, the most important organization setting fire
standards organization is the American Society for resting and Materials (ASTM). Fire standards
are also developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Underwriters
Laboratories (UL) and some labor organizations, such as Factory Mutual (FM), the Institution
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Insulated Cable Engineers' Association
(ICEA), but such standards are often similar to the ones issued by ASTM. The International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission
(1EC) are the primary international standard - making bodies. All of these organizations create
various types of fire standards - mainly guidance documents and test methods addressing most of
the major fire properties.