A study led by UCLAN UK centering on toxicity of smoke from FR furniture has led to publication by the same journal of an immediate rebuttal. The UCLAN study title states that FRs “increase smoke toxicity more than they reduce fire growth rate” (see comment below)....
Cone calorimeter tests carried out by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology into effectiveness of barrier fabrics in furniture are now published. The published paper does not include full scale tests, presented at FRPM and summarised in pinfa...
Konrad Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown, DBI (Danish Institute of Fire & Security Technology), presented fire tests of polyurethane slabs (1.2m x 0.6m x 50mm), showing that flame spread, time to peak heat release, and peak heat release rate are all very variable and...
Stanislav Stoliarov & Christopher Lee, University of Maryland Most of the current fire safety solutions were developed in response to and based on fire accidents that occurred in the past, often some time ago. This model of reactive fire safety engineering may...
Presentations noted the strong growth potential of wood-based materials, as a sustainable and ‘desirable’ construction material, but also the specific fire safety challenges to address. Colleen Wade, Branz Ltd, New Zealand, noted that wood structure construction is in...
