- 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