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Date Section Description
09/23/2025 Reports Posted report A State of Charge Analysis of Power Banks (38.5 Wh) Shipped by Air, DOT/FAA/TC-25/26
09/11/2025 Reports Posted report Reproducing the Products of Flaming Combustion in the Microscale Combustion Calorimeter, DOT/FAA/TC-25/11
09/09/2025 Meetings Preliminary agenda for the Int’l Aircraft Fire Safety Materials and Systems Forum Meeting – Fall 2025 is posted.
09/02/2025 Handbook The Aircraft Materials Fire Test Handbook section has been updated.
07/17/2025 Meetings Preliminary agenda for the Int’l Aircraft Fire Safety Materials and Systems Forum Meeting – Fall 2025 is posted.
07/08/2025 Meetings Registration for the Int’l Aircraft Fire Safety Materials and Systems Forum Meeting – Fall 2025 is now open.
05/08/2025 Reports Posted report Advanced Early Fire Detection in Aircraft Cargo with MACD And Passive UHF RFID Temperature Sensing While Maintaining False Alarm Resistance, DOT/FAA/TCTT-25/15
04/07/2025 Reports Posted report Development of a Revised Test Method for Evaluating the Performance of Evacuation Slide Materials during Exposure to Radiant Heat, DOT/FAA/TC-24/33
04/07/2025 Reports Posted report The Effect of Varying the Air Openings around the Sliding Platform in the Radiant Panel Insulation Test, DOT/FAA/TC-24/32
03/05/2025 Handbook Updated Chapters 23 and 26.
01/28/2025 Reports Posted report An Evaluation of Fire Containment Products for Inflight Fires Resulting from Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs), DOT/FAA/TC-24/39
10/31/2024 Reports Posted report An Evaluation of Parameters Pertinent to Dry Ice Sublimation, DOT/FAA/TC-24/24
10/29/2024 Meetings Presentations and attendance posted from Sep. meetings.
09/18/2024 Reports Posted report A State of Charge Analysis of 12 Lithium Ion Batteries (12.8 Volt) Previously Shipped on Aircraft, DOT/FAA/TCTN-24/22
08/26/2024 Meetings Agenda posted for Sep. meetings.
08/22/2024 Meetings Registration open for combined Materials and Systems meetings.
08/16/2024 Reports Posted report Measuring the Fire Growth Potential of Combustible Solids Using a Cone Calorimeter, DOT/FAA/TC-INT-24/1
06/17/2024 Handbook Updated Appendix F
06/13/2024 Reports Posted technical thesis Detection of Signatures from Internal Contaminant Sources Using Intelligent Algorithms, DOT/FAA/TCTT-24/10
05/28/2024 Reports Posted report EVALUATION OF LITHIUM BATTERY THERMAL RUNAWAY VENT GAS COMBUSTION HAZARD, DOT/FAA/TC-22/12
05/28/2024 Reports Posted report Experimental Study of The Characteristics of a Hydrogen Flame from a Small Leak, DOT/FAA/TCTT-24/9
05/06/2024 Systems Posted presentations, minutes, and attendee list from April meeting.
05/06/2024 Materials Posted presentations, minutes, and attendee list from April meeting.
04/12/2024 Meetings Updated agenda and added streaming information.
02/21/2024 Meetings Registration open for combined Materials and Systems meetings.
Announcements

New Federal Register: Cargo Fire Safety website Updates; Notice of Meeting

Website: Cargo Fire Safety in support of AC 120-121 - Safety Risk Management Involving Items in Aircraft Cargo Compartments

Advisory Circular: AC 120-121 - Safety Risk Management Involving Items in Aircraft Cargo Compartments

Training Videos: Portable Electronic Devices - Cabin and Flight Deck

Download the latest version(11) of the FTFAM

Federal Register: Interior Parts and Components Fire Protection for Transport Category Airplanes

Interim Report: Aircraft Materials Fire Test Handbook, Revision 3

Federal Register: Notice of Meetings; A Notice by the Federal Aviation Administration

Final Policy: Policy Statement on Flammability Testing of Interior Materials Issued

UPDATED 11/15: Statement on the Use of Magnesium in Airplane Cabins

Released: AC 20-42D - Hand Fire Extinguishers for Use in Aircraft

Cabin Safety Research Technical Group: Accident Database now available online.

Highlights
Additional Links and Information

Lithium Battery Incidents Since 2006 Reported to the FAA

FAA Lessons Learned from Civil Aviation Accidents: FAA Lessons Learned

Final AC on Thermal/Acoustic Insulation Burnthrough.
AC 25.856-2A Installation of Thermal/Acoustic Insulation for Burnthrough Protection

Amendment to Fire Penetration Resistance of Thermal/Acoustic Insulation Installed on Transport Category Airplanes

Datasheet for Round Robin for the Heat Release Test (OSU) and Smoke Density Test (NBS)

Burnthrough guidance material.
Information available for use in proposing methods of compliance with § 25.856(b)

Final AC on Thermal/Acoustic Insulation Propagation.
AC 25.856-1 Thermal/Acoustic Insulation Flame Propagation Test Method Details