SGS Fire Technology Service Solution

Build a holistic security line of defense against fire in a professional way and deliver trust for safety.

202209 VERSION

At a Glance

Nº1

World leader

93 000

Employees

2 600

Offices and

laboratories

7

Global industries

Global Service

Local Expertise

SGS-CSTC is the joint venture between SGS and

China Standard Science and Technology Group,

established in 1991

We are the first foreign invested inspection company

passed CNAS ISO17020 and the most widely

recognized foreign-funded certification company in

China

SGS laboratories have been accredited by different

authoritative organizations, such as CNAS, CMA,

IECEE, GS, DAKKS, UKAS, HOKLAS, KFDA, JPMA,

ISTA, CCC, cGMP, etc.

SGS in China

TIC Quality Benchmark

90+ Offices

200+ Laboratories

15 000

Employees

08 - 20

The most

reliable export

service provider

in China

10 - 21

TOP 100 HR

model company

SGS FIRE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE

产品认证

火灾风险评估

Fire prevention &

fire fighting training

Fire risk evaluation

Flammability test

Product certification

SGS provides comprehensive and professional fire

safety services to the industries of fire-fighting

equipment, building materials and components,

transportation products, etc. with wide

accreditations by CNAS, CMA, CCS, UKAS, BV,

DNV GL and so on.

SGS can perform tests according to fire safety laws

and regulations of most of countries and regions

with four professional labs scattered in China.

As an independent third-party lab, SGS has served

10,000+ customers in the field of flammability test,

fire prevention and fire-fighting consultation and

training, fire risk evaluation and product certification.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

Flammability

And Fire Lab

opened in Anji,

Zhejiang

Province,

China.

Flammability

And Fire Lab

opened in

ShunDe,

Guangdong

Province,

China.

2005 2016 2017 2019

Expand Fire

Resist test

capability in

ShunDe

covering full

FTP Code test,

aiming at

Marine

Products

2008

Flammability And

Fire Lab opened

in Jiading,

Shanghai focus

on fire

performance in

building materials

and components

testing.

Establish a JV in

Zhengzhou,

Henan, named as

TongJia, which

has a general

flammability and

fire resist lab

featured with

testing capability

for fire-fighting

products.

2022

Flammability And Fire

Lab opened in

ChangZhou, focusing

on providing fire

technology services to

the customers in the

Yangtze River Delta and

even in China

LAB DISTRIBUTION

China National

Accreditation Service for

Conformity Assessment

(CNAS)

ISO/IEC 17025:2017

China Inspection Body

and Laboratory

Mandatory Approval

(CMA)

United Kingdom

Accreditation Service

(UKAS)

ISO 17025

Lloyd’s Register

of Shipping

（LR）

China

Classification

Society (CCS)

Bureau Veritas

(BV)

Det Norske Veritas

( DNV)

LAB ACCREDITATION (PART)

SERVICES SCOPE

Transportation

Products

Railway vehicles

Automobiles

Ships

Aircrafts

More products

Upholstered furniture

Mattresses and bedding items

General textile products

Wires and cables

Electric and electronic parts

and products

General plastics

Secure and safety storage

cabinets

BBQ

Fire blankets

Tents, sleeping bags

Infant products

SGS is dedicated to provide comprehensive and professional fire safety services for firefighting products, building materials

& elements, transportation products and etc.

Firefighting

Products

Water supply and fire

extinguishing equipment

Water supply and fire

extinguishing products

Smoke exhaust and fire

prevention equipment

Building Materials

and Elements

Building materials

Building elements

Category Segmentation Test item

Water supply and

fire extinguishing

equipment

Fire-fighting water supply

equipment

Spray performance, operating torque, sealing performance, drop resistance, high temperature resistance, low temperature resistance, water

pressure strength, box stiffness and corrosion resistance

Water sprinkling fire

extinguishing product

Water tightness, water pressure strength, flow coefficient, water distribution performance, hydraulic friction, water pressure resistance, water

impact resistance, weather aging and environmental test

Water supply and

fire extinguishing

products

Fire hose Spray performance, sealing performance, pressure resistance, load resistance, rotation performance, wear resistance, low temperature

resistance, adhesion strength, tensile length, tensile strength

Fire extinguisher Spray performance, fire extinguishing test, sealing performance, cylinder strength, action pressure, operation force, stiffness performance

Fire extinguishing agent Content of extinguishing agent, purity of component gas, foaming multiple and liquid extraction time of foam concentrate, freezing resistance,

thawing property, specific fluidity, surface tension, interfacial tension, corrosion rate, wettability, bulk density, moisture content, hygroscopic

rate, water repellency, penetration/anti-caking property, particle size distribution

Fire exhaust and fire

prevention

equipment

Smoke prevention and

exhaust equipment for

buildings

Drive torque, reset function, temperature sensor control, operation performance, operation control mode, reliability, high temperature

resistance, fire resistance, insulation performance, corrosion resistance

Fireproof components for

buildings Opening torque, closing time, closing torque, closing reset deviation, service life and performance, flexibility, reliability, bending, fire resistance,

high and low temperature performance

Fire prevention products Fire resistance, expansion performance, viscosity, compressive strength, dry density, fineness, adhesion, flexibility, impact resistance, flame

resistance time, flame retardancy, carbonization volume, flame retardancy, weather resistance test

Escape and rescue

device

Emergency conversion function, grounding resistance, high temperature resistance, low temperature resistance, constant humidity and heat

resistance, charge and discharge performance, repeated conversion performance, voltage fluctuation performance, conversion voltage

performance, charge and discharge durability, insulation resistance, voltage resistance

FIREFIGHTING PRODUCTS TESTING

Category Covered products Test items

Building

materials

Wall and ceiling materials, floor

materials, tubular insulation

materials, furniture products,

decorative fabrics and electrical

accessories

◼ Ignitability/non-combustibility

◼ Single burning item

◼ Oxygen index

◼ Horizontal/vertical burning test

◼ Radiant flux

◼ Smoke density

◼ Calorific value of combustion

◼ Total heat release

◼ Heat release rate

◼ Smoke production

◼ Fire growth rate index

Building

elements

Door and shutter assemblies,

windows, partitions, floors, ceilings

◼ Integrity E

◼ Insulation I

BUILDING MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS TESTING

TRANSPORTATION TESTING

Category Test items

Railway vehicle

Fire behavior of materials and components

Ignitability, flame spread, total heat release and heat release rate, total smoke

production, smoke toxicity

Fire resistance of fire barriers

Fire resistance of internal and external partitions, Cab back wall, luggage

partition, electric cabinet/box, floors, vehicle body ends door, air ducts and

cables penetrations, etc

Automotive Horizontal burning test, vertical burning test, melting behavior, smoke density,

smoke toxicity, etc

Marine

Non-combustibility test, smoke and toxicity test, test for “A”, “B” and “F” class

divisions, test for surface flammability, vertical test for textiles and

films,ignitability for upholstered furniture and bedding components, and

calorific value of combustion

Aircraft

Burning test for interior compartments, such as, 12s and 60s vertical test,

horizontal test, 45°test, 60°test, etc., flame propagation, smoke density and

smoke toxicity

MORE TESTING

Product Test items

Upholstered furniture Ignitability when subjected to cigarette ignition, Ignitability when subjected to open flame, flame spread

General textile products Ignitability, afterflame time, afterglow time, mass loss, char length, drops, flame spread

Cables for general applications

in construction works

Gross heat of combustion, vertical flame propagation for a single wire or cable, damaged length, total heat release, peak heat release rate, fire growth rate

index, flaming droplets/particles, smoke production, pH value and electrical conductivity

Automobile cable

Outside cable diameter, insulation thickness, conductor diameter, conductor resistance, withstand voltage, insulation faults, insulation volume resistivity,

high temperature pressure, strip force, low temperature winding, low temperature impact, resistance to abrasion, thermal aging, thermal overload, shrinkage

by heat, fluid compatibility, durability of cable marking, resistance to hot water, temperature and humidity cycling, resistance to flame propagation

Railway vehicle cable

Conductor, insulation thickness, sheath thickness, cable outside diameter, conductor screening, conductor resistance, voltage test, dielectric strength,

insulation resistance,DC stability, tensile strength, elongation at break, hot set test, Strippability and adhesion of insulation to the conductor, pressure test at

high temperature, stress cracking test, ozone resistance, mineral oils resistance, fuel resistance, acid and alkaline resistance, water absorption test, bending

test at low temperature, cold elongation test, impact test at low temperature, compatibility, vertical flame propagation for a single wire or cable, flame

propagation of bundle of cables, halogen free test, toxicity index, smoke density, circuit integrity under fire conditions

Electric and electronic parts

and products

General plastics

Vertical and horizontal burning test, glow-wire flammability test, oxygen index and temperature index, ignition temperature, flash-ignition temperature,

self-ignition temperature

Secure and safety storage cabinets General construction inspection, cabinet door, ventilation, racking, fire endurance test, fire and impact test, explosion test, drop test, corrosion resistance test

BBQ General requirements, cooking grid, fuel compartment, ash compartment and catcher, gravy tray and drop pan, stand, handle or gripping devices, motor,

thermal test, safety test, combustibility, stability test, perforation test, marking, instructions and packaging

Fire blankets General construction requirements, hand-holding device, size, mass, container, resistance to rolling, remove force and time, electrical resistance, fire

performance (heptane fire), fire performance (cooking oil), marking

Tents and sleeping bags Afterflame time, afterglow time, damaged length, drops, burning rate

Infant products Fire behavior, ignitability

MAIN TEST STANDARDS FOR FIREFIGHTING PRODUCTS

Firefighting

water supply

equipment

Water spray

firefighting

equipment

Fire hose Fire

extinguisher

Fire

extinguishing

agent

Building

elements

Fire

protection

products

Building

venting and

smokeventing

system

Escape and

rescue device

GB 14561

GB 3445

GB 4452

GB 3446

GB 12514.1

GB 8181

GB 5135.1

GB 5135.2

GB 5135.4

GB 5135.5

GB 5135.14

GB 5135.6

GB 6246

GB 15090

GB 6969

GB 4351

GB 8109

XF 86

GB 4396

GB 18614

GB 20128

GB 15308

GB 27897

GB 4066

XF 578

GB 17835

GB 12955

GB 16809

GB 15763.1

GB 14102

GB/T 9978

GB 12441

GB 14907

GB 28374

GB 28375

XF 304

XF 159

GB 29415

GB 23864

GB 15930

XF 211

XF 533

GB 17945

GB 13495

MAIN TEST STANDARDS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS AND TRANSPORTATION

Building materials Building elements Railway vehicles Automobile Ships Aircrafts

EN 13501-1

GB 8624

NF P92-507

DIN 4102

BS 476

ISO 5660-1

ASTM E84

UL 723

ASTM E1354

ASTM E162

ASTM E662

AS 1530 series

BS 476-20/21/22

EN 1363, ISO 834

EN 1364

EN 1365

NFPA 252

UL 10B

UL 10C

GB 12955

GB 9978

AS 1530.4

GB/T 38252

GB 14907

EN 45545-2

EN 45545-3

BS 6853

DIN 5510-2

NF F16-101

NF F16-102

NFPA 130

UIC 564-2

TB/T 3138

TB/T 3237

Q/CR 699

AS/RISSB 7529

SI 5435

Section 5 of Chapter

8 of MLIT Japan

GB 8410

SAE J369

FMVSS 302

ECE Regulation No.

118

Directive 95/28/EC

TL 1010

AS/NZS 1754

JT/T 1095

GB 38262

GB 32086

GB 24407

FTP 2010 Code

- Part 1

- Part 2

- Part 3

- Part 4

- Part 5

- Part 7

- Part 8

- Part 9

- Part 10

- ISO 1716

FAR 25 Appendix F

BSS 7238

BSS 7239

SAE APR 5627

CCAR 25 Appendix F

HB 5469

HB 5470

HB 6577

HB 7066

EN 2825

EN 3475

EN 3844

EN 6059-304

MAIN TEST STANDARDS FOR MORE PRODUCTS

Upholstered furniture Mattresses and bedding

items General textile products Wires and cables Electric and electronic parts

and products

UK furniture and furnishing fire

safety Regulation

BS 5852

BS 7176

EN 1021

ISO 8191

AS/NZS 3744

AS/NZS 4088

TB 116

TB 117

NFPA 260

GB 17927

UNI 9175

I.S. 419

I.S. 254

I.S. EN 1021-2

BS 7175

BS 7177

EN 597

BS 6807

16CFR 1632

16CFR 1633

SOR/2016 183

CAN/CGSB-4.2 No 27.7

ISO 12952

BS 5576

CPAI-84

SOR/2016-185

BS 7157

BS 5867

EN 1103

NFPA 701

CAN/ULC S109

GB/T 5454

GB/T 5455

16CFR 1610

16CFR 1611

16CFR 1615

AS/NZS 1249

SOR 2016-169

CPAI-75

ASTM F1955

ASTM F3431

EN 13501-6

EN 50575

EN 50399

GB 31247

GB/T 31248

GB/T 19666

GA 306.1/2

EN 50264

EN 50306

EN 50382

TB/T 1484.1/2/3

GB/T 12528

TJ/CL 254

TJ/CL 313

JIS C3005

ISO 6722.1/2

GB/T 25085

GB/T 25087, etc

UL 94

IEC 60695 series

GB/T 5169 series

GB/T 2408

GB/T 4943.1

IEC 60950

BS 2782

ASTM D1929, etc

COOPERATIVE PARTNERS (PART)

Why SGS?

We are trusted

for impartiality,

inspection,

testing,

verification,

certification

solutions

We cover your

industry

We provide

end-to-end

supply chain

services

We think globally,

we act locally

We provide

leading-edge

technology

We are SGS

Enabling a better, safer and more interconnected world.

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