Reducing the Fire Hazards of UpholsteredFurniture (Seating Mattresses and BedAssemblies)

Draft Council Directive on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the fire behaviour of upholstered furniture, related articles and constituent products, Brussels, 1990.

Fire Statistics, United Kingdom (London), Home Office, 1989.

3a. Palmer K.N. , Taylor W. and Paul K.T. , Fire Hazards of Plastics in Furniture and Furnishings, CP18/74, CP3/75, CP21/76, BRE, Garston, UK.

3b Smith A.G. , Fire Symposium, Newcastle Polytechnic UK 1974; also: Flexible Foam PU, Its Uses and Abuses BRMA, London, 1976/1983.

3c. Prager F.H. , Darr W.C. and Wood J.F. , Cellular Polymers, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1984, p. 161.

BS5852, Part 1, 1979, Part 2, 1982, BSI, London.

BS6807, 1982, BSI, London.

The Crown Suppliers DOE, London.

Nordtest 410-83, Boras, Sweden, 1983.

ASTM E603, USA, 1983.

Babrauskas V. and Krasney J. , NIST, Monograph No. 173, Gaithesburg USA , 1985.

Dietenberger M. , Second International Heat Release Conference, Brussels, 1991

ULI056, Underwriters Laboratory Test, Northbrooke IL, USA.

Ames S.A. and Rogers S. , Interflam 90, Canterbury UK, 1990.

Parker W.J. , King-Mon Tu , Nurbakhsh S. , Ramant G.H. , NISTIR 4375, NIST, Gaithgersburg MD, USA, 1990

Smith A.G. , Cellular Polymers, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1990, p. 159

BS DD58, BSI, London, 1978

Test Specifications for Fire Properties of Bedding and Upholstered Furniture, Palmer K.N. , Paul K.T. , Taylor W. , IBSN 01167 07631, HMSO, London, 1979.

California TB133, California Bureau of Home Furnishings, USA.

Ohlemiller T.J. and Villa K. , NISTIR 4340, Gaithersburg NIST, MD, USA, 1990.

California Technical Bulletin TB133, Revised Jan. 1991, California Bureau of Home Furnishings, USA.

Boston Fire Department, BFD1X-10, Boston MA, USA.

International Association of Fire Fighters Proposal, USA.

Quintiere J.G., NISTIR 4360, NIST, Gaithersburg MD, USA, 1990.

Paul K.T. and King D.A. , Fire Safety Journal, 16,1990, 389–410

Paul K.T. , Fire Safety Journal, 14, 1989.

Draft Australian Standard for Fire Tests for complete items of furniture, 1989.

ASTM E1354, Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter, Philadelphia, USA.

ISO DIS 5660, Rate of Heat release from Building Products.

NFPA 264A, Test for Heat Release Rates of Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses, 1990, Quincy MA, USA.

Smith A.G. , Flame Retardants 90, London, 1990

Powell D. , Hurd R. and King D. , Cellular Polymers, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1991, p. 1.

Paul K.T. , Review of progress in Colouration, Soc. of Dyers and Colourists, Vol. 20, 1990.

ASTM E906.

Paul K.T. , Fire and Materials, Vol. 10, 1986, p. 29–39.

Ostman B.A.L. and Tsantarida L.D. , Interflam 90, Canterbury UK, 1990

SI 1324 Consumer Protection, The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations, London, 1988.

SI 2358 Consumer Protection, The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations, London, 1989.

Marchant R.P. , FIRA Research Manual 58, March 1991

Parrish D. , Zabat J.F.S. and Zirk W.E. , SPI, 31st ANTEC, USA, October 1988

Gallagher J.A. and Zirk W.E. , J. Fire Sciences, Vol. 8, Sept-Oct. 1990.