pinfa-NA explainer video : do FRs work?
9th educational video (4 minutes) explains how science shows that flame retardants are effective in improving fire safety. The video shows a logical explanation that FRs do work, based on experience of polymer scientists, fire scientists and materials professionals. A glow wire test video of plastic with and without FRs shows that in these conditions, which are designed to simulate the fire risk of an electrical fault, the FR does improve performance. Examples are cited of experts stating that lives have been saved by FRs. Global companies producing appliances would not pay the additional cost of FRs if they did not work. Because FRs do not prevent all fires does not mean that they do not work. Cases of electrical equipment charring without a fire starting are frequent, as FRs prevent overheating becoming a large fire. To conclude, from a logical perspective, flame retardants play an important role in protecting human life and property from fire.
These pinfa-NA educational videos have already been viewed over a thousand times in total on YouTube and are also disseminated on other channels and shown at many trade shows and meetings.
pinfa-NA VOFR-CM (Value of Flame Retardant-Containing Materials) Explainer Video Series (scroll down to video n°9) https://www.pinfa-na.org/learnfrmaterials
