Be wary of using ad-hoc testing to determine the effectiveness of fire protection, the Association for Specialist Fire Protection has said.
In the absence of third party certification, evidence of performance should always be supported by tests in accordance with the appropriate test method, warns an advisory notice published on www.asfp.ork.uk.
Users should avoid indictive testing, where reporting is not interpreted against any classification requirements, and as well as those performed on an ad-hoc basis, or to a non-standardised procedure.
The latter means that unless the conditions on site are equal to or “less onerous” than the situation to which the ad-hoc test was based then the evidence has no validity, ASFP said.
The document gives detailed definition for each type of test, as identified by the UK Fire Test Study Group. For a look at the Indictive or Ad-hoc Testing guidance in full, click here.
