- Author
- Hirschler, M. M.
- Title
- How to Prevent Flashover Fires Due to Furnishings and Contents of a Room.
- Coporate
- Safety Engineering Laboratories, Rocky River, OH
- Book or Conf
- Product Safety Corporation. International Conference on Fire Safety, 20th. Volume 20. Proceedings. January 9-13, 1995, Product Safety Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, Millbrae, CA, 39-52 p., 1995
- Keywords
- fire safety | flashover | furniture | heat release | tests | codes | standards | fabric weight | ignition source | cone calorimeters | fire behavior
- Identifiers
- heat release consensus furniture codes and standards; prediction of the results of testing furniture items; typical peak rates of heat release of some household items (kW): small plastic waste basket (7L); television set; heavy curtain; christmas tree (dry); large plastic garbage can (30 gal); plywood wardrobe (40 kg, plus contents); effect of vandalism; qualitative test predictions uninstrumented real scale chair burns