ISO 10840:2008涵盖塑料材料和产品防火测试的以下方面: 选择反映实际最终使用条件的适当测试； 任何给定测试或多个测试可以测量的对火的反应特性的分组； 评估测试在材料表征、质量控制、预？选择、最终产品测试、环境分析和DfE（环境设计）； 在标准防火试验中测试塑料时可能出现的潜在问题的定义。 该标准的范围不包括塑料新防火试验的开发或设计。然而，当火灾测试实验室和认证机构考虑如何评估以不同方式使用的塑料范围时，关于测试样品的安装和固定方法的灵活性将是有价值的。

ISO 10840:2008 covers the following aspects of fire testing of plastics materials and products:

• selection of appropriate tests that reflect realistic end-use conditions;
• grouping of the reaction-to-fire characteristics that any given test or tests can measure;
• assessment of tests as to their relevance in areas such as material characterization, quality control, pre？selection, end-product testing, environmental profiling and DfE (Design for the Environment);
• definition of potential problems that may arise when plastics are tested in standard fire tests.

The scope of the standard does not include the development or design of new fire tests for plastics. However, the flexibility of approach that is indicated with respect to the mounting and fixing of test specimens will be valuable when fire-testing laboratories and certification bodies are considering how to evaluate ranges of plastics that are used in different ways.