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How to read a listing
A test method is not a listing. A listing is not adopted code. Adopted code is not an HOA spec or an insurer checklist. Confirm the named model, the listing ID, the date, and the category. Search the BML for the ID. The GOVmotus URL on this site is a search box, not a permalink. FireApproved records those layers. It does not flatten them into a stamp.
You are holding a handbook row or an ICC-ES PDF. Match the model, the orientation, and the listing ID. A brand name is not the listing.
Every real job mixes five kinds of document. If you collapse them into “approved,” you will spec the wrong thing.
Why it matters
Embers enter the opening you actually built. The stamp is on the drawing and the field install, not on a brochure line or a screenshot. People treat a lab pass, a handbook row, a city FAQ, and an insurer checklist as one word. Then they write a brand name, skip the model, and call it done.
This page is the layer map. OSFM listing is usually voluntary is the voluntary-listing layer. Show the product on the drawings is the drawing layer.
How it works
A listing body publishes a named model, a number, a date, and a category. OSFM Building Materials Listing and an ICC-ES report are listing records. Category 8165 is WUI vents. Other handbook categories cover other assemblies. See OSFM BML.
Search the BML for the listing ID at the GOVmotus index. That URL is a search box, not a permalink to the row. Do not spec from a screenshot. Listings change. Listings get suspended.
Some listing programs publish a report PDF. That PDF is a record you can open. It is still not a permit. Example records on this site include BrandGuard gable vents, which cites an ICC-ES report, and handbook rows such as BrandGuard soffit and undereave (8165-2232:0500) and Vulcan eave round (8165-2192:0500). Open the product page. Search the BML for the ID, or open the report if that is the listing program. Match the model.
A test method is a lab procedure. ASTM E2886, ASTM E108 / UL 790. A pass means the specimen met the method. It does not name your house.
The five documents
1. Test method
ASTM E2886, ASTM E108, UL 790. A lab test method. A pass means the specimen met the method. It does not name your house.
2. Listing
OSFM Building Materials Listing, ICC-ES report. A named model, a number, a date, a category (8165 is WUI vents). Confirm:
- The model on the drawing is the model on the listing.
- The listing is current. Listings get suspended.
- The orientation matches (some vents are vertical only).
OSFM’s handbook says listing is not a statutory mandate for most WUI products. Missing from the handbook is not an automatic ban. On the handbook is not an automatic permit.
3. Adopted code
CWUIC in mapped California areas. ORSC R327 only where a local department adopted it. “The code” with no name is not a citation.
4. AHJ practice
What the plans examiner will stamp. Public seminar decks and department FAQs are citable. Private email is not. Alternate methods exist (Oregon R104.11). FireApproved is not the official.
5. Private spec and insurer checklist
An HOA can require Class A where the code floor is Class B. IBHS can require Zone 0 where the city has not. A carrier can add spark arrestors to an IBHS checklist. Those are real constraints. They are not statewide law. See IBHS does not replace adopted code and covering versus assembly.
| Document | What it shows | What it does not show |
|---|---|---|
| Test method | The specimen met the method | Your house, a listing ID, a permit |
| Listing | A named model, ID, date, category | Adopted code, a permit, an IBHS pass |
| Adopted code | The legal floor for that lot | An HOA spec, a carrier extra |
| AHJ practice | What that official will stamp | Statewide law, a private email |
| HOA or insurer checklist | A private or carrier constraint | Statewide law, a listing |
What people mix up
- Do not collapse tested, listed, and adopted into “approved,” or into “FireApproved approved.” This site is not a listing body.
- Writing a brand name and calling it a listing. The listing is a model.
- Treating a GOVmotus URL as a permalink to the row. Search the BML for the ID.
- Specifying from a screenshot, an expired listing, or this site’s summary.
- Treating presence on the handbook as a permit, or absence as a ban.
- Citing “the code” with no name.
- Quoting a private email as AHJ practice.
- Installing a gable-listed model on an eave underside without checking orientation.
- Treating an IBHS checklist or an HOA spec as adopted code.
How to check
Open the product page on this site. Open the listing table. Read the program, the ID, and the warnings.
- If the program is OSFM BML, search the BML for the listing ID. Match manufacturer, model, category, and orientation.
- If the program is ICC-ES, open the report PDF. Match the model. See how to read an ICC-ES report.
- Confirm the listing is current. Listings get suspended.
- Put that model on the drawing. A brand name is not a listing. See show the product on the drawings.
- Read Where this differs if the lot is in Oregon. Name the adopted code. If none, you are in voluntary hardening, an HOA spec, or an insurer checklist.
If you cannot confirm the model, do not spec it from our summary.
Limits
This page does not stamp your job. It does not rank brands. Two or three 8165 examples are not a shopping catalog. FireApproved records the layers. It does not flatten them into a stamp. Confirm the live listing and the adopted code. FireApproved is not the listing body and not the official.
Related records
- Ember-resistant vents, wildfire roofing
- OSFM Building Materials Listing
- ASTM E2886
- ASTM E108 / UL 790
- IBHS Wildfire Prepared
- CWUIC
- OSFM listing is usually voluntary
- Show the product on the drawings
- Mesh versus listed vents
- Oregon R327 versus California CWUIC
- BrandGuard gable vents
- BrandGuard soffit and undereave (8165-2232:0500)
- Vulcan eave round (8165-2192:0500)
Questions
Is a lab pass a listing?
No. ASTM E2886, ASTM E108, and UL 790 are test methods. A pass means the specimen met the method. It does not name your house, and it is not a listing ID.
If the product is in the OSFM handbook, do I have a permit?
No. OSFM says listing is not a statutory mandate for most WUI products. Presence on the handbook is not an automatic permit. Absence is not an automatic ban. The building official still stamps the job.
Is the GOVmotus URL a permalink to the row?
No. The GOVmotus address used on this site is a search box. Search the BML for the listing ID. Match the model. Do not spec from a screenshot or from our summary.
Can an HOA or an insurer require more than adopted code?
Yes. An HOA can require a Class A roof where the code floor is Class B. IBHS can require Zone 0 where the city has not. A carrier can add spark arrestors to an IBHS checklist. Those are real constraints. They are not statewide law.
What if I cannot confirm the model?
Do not spec it from this site’s summary. Open the listing record. Search the BML for the ID, or open the ICC-ES report if that is the listing program. If the model on the drawing is not the model on the listing, stop.