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Measurement of flame spread under external heat flux is necessary where the thermal radiation is likely to impinge on the textile materials, for example, the flooring material of the building or transport vehicles whose upper surfaces are heated by flames or hot gases, or both. The French test method, NF P 92-503 Bruleur Electrique or M test involves radiant panel for testing flame spread of flexible textile materials. This test method (flame spread under external heat flux) is the basis of that used by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for assessing flammability of textile composites used in thermal/acoustic insulation materials (FAR 25.856 (a)) used in aircraft and has also been included by the EU for fire test approval of floorings such as prEN ISO 9239 and BS ISO 4589-1. 

FAA Federal Aviation Administration—FAA. 2012. Human Error Analysis of Accidents Report, Federal Aviation Administration, pp. 201-206, Human Factors Team Report. 

FAA Federal Aviation Administration, 2010, DOT/ FAA/AM-10/13.2013. Office of Aerospace Medicine, Causes of General Aviation Accidents and Incidents Analysis Using NASA Aviation, Safety Reporting System Data, Washington DC, U.S. Department of Transportation press. 

R. G. Hill, T. I. Eklund, and C. P. Sarkos, DOT/FAA/CT-SSj23, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center, Atlantic City, N.J., 1985. 

Flammability. PhenoHcs have inherently low flammabiHty and relatively low smoke generation. For this reason they are widely used in mass transit, tiinnel-building, and mining. Fiber glass-reinforced phenoHc composites are capable of attaining the 1990 U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations for total heat release and peak heat release for aircraft interior facings (1,70). 

Before the creation of the U.S. DOT in 1967, the now defunct ICC was authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for rad, tmck, and pipeline safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was responsible for air safety, and the U.S. Coast Guard for safety on the inland and coastal waterways. Upon estabHshment of DOT in 1967, the FAA and Coast Guard were transferred to the DOT, which assumed the safety functions the ICC formerly adrninistered. 

Hazards Following Ground Deicing and Ground Operations in Conditions Conductive to Aircraft Icing," FAA Advisory Circular, AC 20-117, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 1982. 

FAA Statistical Handbook of Aviation. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. . 

Examples of potential chemical attack scenarios are identified in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-funded study undertaken at Johns Hopkins University Chemical Sensing and Mitigation Options for Commercial Airliners, Final Report, STD-01-189, Laurel, Md. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, July 2001. 

Crane CR, Sanders DC, Endecott BR, et al. 1986. Inhalation toxicology VI. Evaluation of the relative toxicity of thermal decomposition products from nine aircraft panel materials. Washington, DC Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine. DOT/FAA/AM-86/3. 

The OSU calorimeter [4] has long been used for simultaneously measuring heat and smoke release. It can also be used to measure release of combustion products. It is the basis of standard tests at both ASTM, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM E906-1983), and FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration [6,7]. 

Quintiere, J.G., Babrauskas, V., Cooper, L., Harkleroad, M., Steckler, K., and Tewarson, A., "The Roll of Aircraft Panel Materials in Cabin Fires and Their Properties," 1985, The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, Technical Report DOT/FAA/CT-8/30. 

K.J. Garner, L. Busbee, P. Cornwell, J. Edmonds, K. Mullins, K. Rader, J.M. Johnston andJ.M. WiUiams, Duty Cycle of the Detector Dog — a Basehne Study , Final report FAA Grant 97-G-020, Federal Aviation Administration, April 2001. 

ShappeU S. A., and Wiegmann D. A. The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System-HFACS. FAA Office of Aviation Medicine. Washington, DC Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 2000. (Report DOT/FAA/AM-00/7)... 

Transportation Department DOT Coast Guard Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) highway, railroad, and maritime administration hazardous material shipping... 

Calvert, J. G. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Atmospheric Ozone Its Variation and Human Influences U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Washington, DC, 1979 pp 153-190 Report No. FAA-EE-80-20. 

Several studies have examined the total sleep times obtained by air traffic controllers (ATC) in different settings. In one Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) study of shift schedules, results showed that controllers averaged about 8 hr of sleep prior to an afternoon or midday shift (20) and about 7.5 hr of sleep before a day shift. The study also showed that controllers obtained a total of about... 

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