Defence fire testing

The defence industry is under constant scrutiny; it must be careful with how it spends its allocated budget to ensure equipment reliability and safety. The needs and requirements are also constantly changing. This makes meeting defence fire testing requirements particularly challenging. 

Warringtonfire is experienced in performing defence fire testing to suit the defence industries' demanding requirements. Our UK laboratories are UKAS accredited, our Australian laboratory is NATA accredited and our Gent laboratory is BELAC accredited.

Our capabilities for defence fire testing

Our defence fire testing includes flammability, smoke density and toxicity testing to the following standards:

  • Defence Standard 07-247
  • BS 476 Part 6 Fire propagation (Click here to see a short video on the test)
  • BS 476 Part 7 Spread of flame (Click here to see a short video on the test)
  • ISO 4589-2 Oxygen index (Click here to see a short video on the test)
  • ISO 4589-3 Appendix A temperature index
  • NF X 70-100 Toxicity (Click here to see a short video on the test)
  • IMO 307(88) Part 2 Smoke and toxicity
  • Defence Standard 02-711 Smoke density
  • Defence Standard 02-713 Toxicity