TDL - Other Design Considerations - Fire Performance and Protection
American Forest & Paper Association
Improved Fire Safety
Design of firestopping and draftstopping for concealed spaces. Recommendations on where and how fire/draftstopping should be used to prevent spread of fire by restricting movement of flame, air, gasses and smoke in buildings.
Flame Spread Performance of Wood Products-Design for Code Acceptance No. 1
Design of Fire-Resistive Exposed Wood Members- Design for Code Acceptance No. 2
One-Hour Fire Rated Exterior Wood-Frame Walls- Design for Code Acceptance No. 3
Component Additive Method (CAM) for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Endurance-Design for Code Acceptance No. 4
Construction Costs & Fire Insurance
Relative construction costs and fire insurance premiums are compared on a state-by-state basis for sprinklered and non-sprinklered buildings of wood and other materials.
Construction Costs & Fire Insurance for Large Buildings (50,000 square feet)
Relative construction costs and fire insurance premiums are compared on a state-by-state basis for sprinklered buildings of wood and other construction materials.
American Institute of Timber Construction
Calculation of Fire Resistance of Glued Laminated Timbers, Technical Note 7
Method of calculating sizes required for one-hour fire ratings of glulam.
Glulam - Superior Fire Resistance
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
Fire-Rated Systems
Guide to wood panel systems that meet code and insurance requirements. Form W305.
Architectural Woodwork Institute
Fire Code Summary
Analyzes the four national Model Codes and their requirements pertaining to interior woodwork, fire door installations, and miscellaneous exterior and interior wood uses in buildings.
California Redwood Association
Redwood Properties & Uses
Illustrated information on the unique properties of redwood lumber including its fire resistance and flamespread ratings. 4 pages.
Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau
Certi-Guard
Illustrated information on the production and testing of fire retardant shakes and shingles which have been pressure impregnated for permanent fire protection.
Gypsum Association
Fire Resistance Design Manual
Systems utilizing gypsum products to provide fire resistance to walls, partitions, floor-ceilings, roof-ceilings, columns, beams, girders, and trusses.
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
U.L. Report on Comparative Fire Testing of Two Mobile Home Units with Representative Interior Finish Materials and Furnishings.
88 pages, 1977.
U.L. Report on Comparative Fire Testing of Two Mobile Home Living Room Sections with Representative Interior Finish Materials and Furnishings.
63 pages, 1978.
SwRI Reports on Full-Scale Evaluation of the Fire Hazard of Interior Wall Finishes-Report 1 and Report 2.
39 pages, 1977.
National Frame Builders Association
Report of Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials
Documentation of a one-hour fire test conducted by Warnock Hersey International, Inc.
Southern Forest Products Association and
Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Southern Pine Use Guide
Complete grade descriptions, design values and sample specifications for a wide range of uses. Also includes fire endurance and flame spread information. 24 pages. #200.
Truss Plate Institute and
Wood Truss Council of America
Fire Test Report FC-214: ASTM E119-73 Fire Endurance Test of Floor-Ceiling Assembly Wood Truss with Plywood Floor and Gypsum Wallboard Ceiling - 1-Hour Rating
Double layer of gypsum wallboard secured directly to bottom chords of trusses.
Fire Test Report FC-392: ASTM E119 Fire Endurance Test of Wood-Webbed Truss Floor-Ceiling Assembly - 1-Hour Rating
Single layer of gypsum, directly applied as ceiling membrane.
U.L. Fire Test Report: Wood Truss Members with Steel Plate Connectors Used in Floor-Ceiling Assemblies
Underwriters Laboratories one-hour fire test on parallel chord trusses protected with a single layer of 5/8" Type C wallboard.
Underwriters Laboratory
Fire Resistance Directory
Contains fire-resistance ratings for beams, columns, floors, roofs, through-penetration firestop systems, walls and partitions.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Timber Members
by White, Forest Products Laboratory, The SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering, Section 3/Chapter 8, - 1988.
Choosing and Applying Fire-Retardant-Treated Plywood and Lumber for Roof Designs
by LeVan and Collett, National Technical Information Service, #PB 89 214 530/AS, 1989.
Western Wood Products Association
Wood Frame Design for Commercial/Multifamily Construction (556)
Technical manual of design and construction details for wood-frame commercial/multifamily construction up to four stories. Includes cross-reference to model building codes. 40 pages.
Flame Spread Ratings (A-4)-Flame spread ratings and smoke developed index numbers for Western species.
