Garments designed to reduce fire hazard

The particular flammability hazards of nightwear

“…Belshaw and Jerram [52] subjectively classified the garments involved in burns accidents during the period 1969-1976. Their findings reported in Table 3 show that the free flowing garments such as nightdress and dressing gowns have higher risk of fatalities as compared to tight fitting garments.…”

“…By dividing these ratios, the chance of being killed in a clothing-related fire is about seven times greater than for all textiles on average and for nightwear, nine times. Thus, although Table 2 An analysis of the more detailed data from the UK, DTI Consumer Unit database via HASS [1] and published sources [50][51][52][53] enables other risk factors to be assessed. Figure 4 shows the involvement of various garment types in clothing fire incidences considered in this study for the period 1990-1998.…”