The invention belongs to the technical field of 
fire control, and particularly relates to a device and a method for measuring 
combustion characteristics of combustible materials. The device consists of a high temperature resistant weighbridge, a high temperature resistant bracket, an oil pan, a micromanometer, a 
thermocouple, a two-way probe, a thermal 
radiometer, a compensating conductor, a dataacquisition 
system, an ignition pan, a rectification grid, an air feeder, a bracket and an air tube. The device is arranged in a 
fire experiment lab, combustible materials to be measured are arrangedon a tray of the weighbridge, after the combustible materials are ignited with the constant-power ignition pan, the air feeder is started, and the 
mass loss rate, the fireplume speed, the temperatureand the 
radiant heat of the combustible materials under different air speed are measured. Then 
combustion heat measured with an 
oxygen bomb 
calorimeter is multiplied by the 
combustion rate to obtain the thermal power of the combustible materials. The device has a simple structure, the calculation is convenient, the limitation of laboratory conditions and fire source power is small, and the deviceand the method are suitable for measuring the combustion characteristics of large combustible materials.