Development of Furnishings Flammability Standards for Public Buildings and Private Residences

1980. "Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Flame Retardance of Resilient Filling Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture," California Bureau of Home Furnishings Technical Bulletin 117, (January).

1980. "Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Flame Retardance of Upholstered Furniture," California Bureau of Home Furnishings Technical Bulletin 116, (January).

Damant, G.H. 1976. "Flammability Aspects of Upholstered Furniture," Journal of Consumer Product Flammability, 3(1):21-61.

Damant, G.H. and M.A. Young. 1977. "Flammability Classification of Fabrics Used as Upholstered Furniture Coverings," Journal of Consumer Product Flammability , 4(4):329-345.

Damant, G.H. , S.S. Williams and J.F. Krasny. 1982. "Cigarette Ignition Behavior of Commercial Upholstery Cover Fabrics," Journal of Consumer Product Flammability , 9(1):31-46.

Damant, G.H. , S.S. Williams and J.A. McCormack. 1983. "The Role of Fabric in the Cigarette Ignition of Upholstered Furniture," Journal of Fire Sciences, 1(5):309-321.

McCormack, J.A. , G.H. Damant and C.J. Hilado. 1988. "Flammability Studies of 700 Articles of Upholstered Furniture," Journal of Fire Sciences, 6(2):121-138.

"Petition for Promulgation of Upholstered Furniture Fabric Flammability Regulations under the Flammable Fabrics Act, 15 U.S. C. 1191 et seq.," National Association of State Fire Marshals, July 1992 and April 1993.

Wortman, P.S. , S.S. Williams and G.H. Damant. 1984. "Development of a Fire Test for Furniture for High Risk and Public Occupancies," International Conference on Fire Safety, San Francisco, CA: Clarion Hotel, (January 17).

Damant, G.H. , J.A. McCormack , J.F. Mikami and P.S. Wortman. 1990. "The California Technical Bulletin 133 Test: Some Background and Experience," Fire Safety Journal , 16:1-12.

Parker, W. J. , Tu King-Mon , S. Nurbakhsh and G.H. Damant. 1990. "Furniture Flammability: An Investigation of the California Technical Bulletin 133 Test. Part III: Full Scale Chair Burns," National Institute of Standards and Technology Report, NISTIR 4375, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, (June).

Nurbakhsh, S. , J.F. Mikami and G.H. Damant. 1991. "Full-Scale Fire Tests of Upholstered Furniture with Rate of Heat Release Measurements," Journal of Fire Sciences , 9:369-389, (September-October).

Damant, G.H. and S. Nurbakhsh. 1991. "Heat Release Rate Tests of Seating Furniture Using California Technical Bulletin 133," 1st. U.S. Symposium on Heat Release and Fire Hazard, San Diego, CA: Pan Pacific Hotel, (December 12-13).

Damant, G.H. and S. Nurbakhsh. 1992. "Development of California's Flammability Standards for Seating Furniture and Bedding Systems in Public Buildings," National Fire Protection Association Symposium on Contents and Furnishings , Gaithersburg, MD: Marriott Hotel, (February 19).

Babrauskas, V. , G.H. Damant and S. Nurbakhsh. 1991. "Heat Release Rate Testing of Mattresses: Full-Scale Measurements and Bench-Scale Predictions," 1st. U.S. Symposium on Heat Release and Fire Hazard , San Diego, CA: Pan Pacific Hotel , (December 12-13.

Damant, G.H. and S. Nurbakhsh. 1992. "Heat Release Tests of Mattresses and Bedding Systems," J. of Fire Sciences , (Sept.-Oct.), pp. 386-410.

Damant, G.H. and S. Nurbakhsh. 1993. "Developing a 'Code of Practice' for California Technical Bulletin 133," International Conference on Fire Safety, San Francisco, CA: Clarion Hotel, San Francisco International Airport , (January 9).

Damant, G.H. and S. Nurbakhsh. 1993. "Using California Technical Bulletion 133 to Measure Heat Release Rates Tests of Seating Furniture," Fifth International Conference on Fire Safety, Orlando, FL: Clarion Plaza Hotel , (February 15).

Damant, G.H. and S. Nurbakhsh. 1993. "Full-Scale Heat Release Rate Tests on Bedding Systems," Fifth International Conference on Fire Safety, Orlando, FL: Clarion Plaza Hotel , (February 15).