- Author
-
Clarke, F. B.
- Title
- Contribution of Brominated Flame Retardants to Life Safety in the United States.
- Coporate
- Benjamin/Clarke Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA
- Book or Conf
- Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment Research Application Symposium. Research and Practice: Bridging the Gap. Proceedings. National Fire Protection Research Foundation. June 25-27, 1997,
San Francisco, CA,
51-77 p.,
1997
- Keywords
-
fire hazards assessment
|
fire risk
|
hazard assessment
|
fire protection
|
fire research
|
flame retardants
|
life safety
|
fire statistics
|
residential fires
|
television
|
cigarettes
|
plastics
- Identifiers
- Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs); use of brominated flame retardants in fabricated products; hardening television cabinets to ignition: estimates of impact on fire deaths; 1989-1993 residential fires by item ignited and extent of spread; burning characteristics item classes for dwellings; potential role and impact of FR television/appliance housings in avoiding room flashover; intervention points in smoldering furniture fire scenarios; 1991 fire deaths from upholstered furniture ignition; intervention options for reducing smooldering fire deaths; summary of estimates - annual lives saved