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Everyday
Materials are Fire Hazards
We
are surrounded by modern materials, often plastic based, which can
often ignite fast and burn well.
Are You Sitting
Comfortably?
Textiles can also burn
The smallest spark (cigarette, match,
candle) can cause a fire in minutes
Upholstered
Furniture - Inferno Included
.
A sofa can go up in flames in just 5 minutes. The poisonous fumes
and the heat in the room are life threatening.
Escape Times
can be very short
.
An study by NIST on the effectiveness of fire detectors, demonstrated
that the time from the fire starts until a dangerous situation occurs
has drastically shortened: from 17 Minutes in the 1970s down to
3 minutes today. This is due to the type and quantity of flammable
materials found in modern homes today.
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