pinfa welcomes the UK’s commitment to furniture fire safety, supports that FRs be only used where appropriate and underlines that recognised safe PIN FRs are available. The UK currently has the world’s most demanding fire safety regulations for domestic furniture,...
Will the European Commission engage the revision of REACH before end 2023 or whether it will be delayed? In answers to the European Parliament, Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner now responsible for the Green Deal, did not commit to table the REACH revision by...
A fire starting in a diesel-engine car closed Luton airport, UK, for over 12 hours, destroyed 1400 cars as well as the building. The fire in the Terminal 2 car park, 10th October, has been indicated by fire services to have started with a fault in a diesel-engine car,...
70-page review by Public Safety Institute NIPV on fire safety of car parks housing electric vehicles. Internal combustion engine vehicles in car parks pose specific fire safety issues, as shown by recent major car park fires (e.g. Paris, Liverpool, Stavanger, The...
EVs do not pose greater fire risks than internal combustion cars, but different risks and fire-fighting challenges. Victoria Hutchison, US Fire Protection Research Foundation (NFPA), at FiVE April 2023, summarised current understanding on vehicle fire risks in car...
