The roles of standard cigarettes in assuring the ignition resistance of soft furnishings

Gann, Richard G.; Kim, Ickchan; Lund, Steven P.; Guthrie, William F.; Robbins, Amanda; Hnetkovsky, Edward J.; Davis, Rick D.

doi:10.1002/fam.2931

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“…The paper by Gann et al 9 documents the creation of two standard reference material (SRM) cigarettes and the roles they played in mitigating these losses and in sustaining the effectiveness of the fire safety regulations as exogenous changes occurred. SRM 1082 is a reduced ignition propensity cigarette that is used by manufacturers and regulators to assure compliance with FSC regulations.…”

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Solving the soft furnishings fire problem (without incurring collateral damage)

Gann¹

2020

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Fires in which soft furnishings (upholstered furniture and beds) were either the first item ignited or were identified as the major item in the fire's growth are the deadliest of residential fires. This Special Issue of Fire and Materials on Furniture Flammability grew from a small session on this subject in Interflam 2019. The issue contains 14 papers that describe the fire problems of soft furnishings, research to better understand their burning behavior, and recent success in and promising approaches to reducing the losses from these fires. This introduction concludes with the author's challenges to the fire safety community for reducing the number and consequences of soft furnishings fires.

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Solving the soft furnishings fire problem (without incurring collateral damage)

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2020

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“…There have been very few reported studies of the effect of a fire safety standard other than those that simply compare the numbers of fires, casualties, and property loss from CPSC or National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) publications. Perhaps the most examined legislation was the set of essentially identical State‐by‐State regulations of the ignition propensity of cigarettes 7 . Comparison of the fire fatalities from cigarette‐initiated fires in the State of New York showed a reduction of ca.…”

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Estimating the impact of the mattress fire safety Standard 16 CFR Part 1633 on bed fire outcomes

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Beds are a prevalent combustible in fatal fires in the United States effective 1 July 2007, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission promulgated a standard to severely reduce the heat release rate and the early heat output from mattresses and foundations when ignited by a flaming ignition source. This study estimates the Standard's success over its first decade using fire incidence, US population, and mattress sales data. The technique mitigates the influence of some exogenous factors that might have changed during this decade. The Standard is accomplishing its purpose, preventing approximately 65 fatalities (out of an estimated 95 fatalities in 2002-2005) from bed fires annually during 2015-2016, although not all pre-Standard mattresses had yet been replaced. Compared to residential upholstered furniture fires, which were not affected by the Standard, the numbers of bed fires decreased

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The roles of standard cigarettes in assuring the ignition resistance of soft furnishings

Cited by 2 publications

References 16 publications

Solving the soft furnishings fire problem (without incurring collateral damage)

Solving the soft furnishings fire problem (without incurring collateral damage)

Estimating the impact of the mattress fire safety Standard 16 CFR Part 1633 on bed fire outcomes

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