Link list

ACFSE Alliance for Consumer Fire Safety in Europe

BSEF Bromine Science and Environment Forum

Blauer Engel Blauer Engel (Umweltbundesamt und RAL)

CEFIC European Chemical Industry Council

D-EPA Danish Environmental Protection Agency

EFRA European Flame Retardants (Manufacturers) Association, contains list of manufacturers in Europe

EBFRIB European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Panel

EU European Union

- European Commission
- DG Environment
- DG Enterprise
- European Parliament
- Search
- EUR-Lex (database of Official Journal of EU, but only free access for 45 day after publication)
- Amtsblatt 
- Ecolabels

EGOLF European Group of Official Laboratories for Fire Testing

EUROBIT European Association of Manufacturers of Business Machines and Information Technology Industry

EuPC European Plastics Converters =Europäischer Verband der Kunststoffverarbeiter

FFB Forschungsstelle für Brandschutztechnik, Karlsruhe, Germany

FMRC Factory Mutual Research Corporation

FKuR Forschungsinstitut Kunststoff und Recycling GmbH, Willich (near Krefeld, Germany)

FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

FRS Fire Research Station, Garston, UK

GKV Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie

IAFSS International Association for Fire Safety Science

iBMB Institut für Baustoffe, Massivbau u. Brandschutz

IFS Institut für Schadenverhütung und Schadenforschung der öffentlichen Versicherer, Kiel

IFE Institution of Fire Engineers

IdF-ST Institut der Feuerwehr Sachsen-Anhalt ( IdF)

KuZ Kunststoffzentrum Leipzip

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

NFPA National Fire Protection Association, USA

NASFM National Association of State Fire Marshals, USA

ORGALIME European federation of national industrial associations representing the European mechanical, electrical, electronic and metal articles industries

PFA Polyurethane Foam Association

RAL Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung

RAPRA Rubber and Plastics Research Association

SP Swedish National Research and Testing Institute, department of fire technology

TNO Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek. The English name is: the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research.

UK Gov fire safety  UK Government fire safety

UL Underwriters' Laboratories Inc., USA

UMSICHT Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik, Oberhausen, Germany

UBA Umweltbundesamt, Berlin

vke Verband kunststofferzeugende Industrie

VCI Verband der Chemischen Industrie

vfdb10 Referat 10 »Umweltschutz« der vfdb

vfdb Vereinigung zur Förderung des Deutschen Brandschutzes

VdS VdS Schadenverhütung GmbH (aus den Technischen Abteilungen des Verbandes der Sachversicherer (VdS) hervorgegangen und heute ein Tochterunternehmen des Gesamtverbandes der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft, GDV)

ZVEI Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie

04.02.2010Processing and Upscaling of Fire-Resistant Nano-Filled Thermosetting Polyester Resin
In the frame of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme F... more...

07.01.2010Decabromodiphenyl Ether Phase-out Initiative announced in the USA
On_December 17, 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA issue... more...

03.12.2009New fire safety activities for buses
Following the bus fire catastrophe near Hannover, Germany, with 20 dea... more...

12.11.2009iNEMI Symposium reinforces strong environmental
On 27 and 28 October 2009, iNEMI [link to www.inemi.org] together with... more...

10.11.2009NIST workshop on flame retardants and fire fighters' health
On 30 September 2009, the United States National Institute of Standard... more...

05.11.2009Reaction to fire of cables as construction products in the European Union: Classification and test methods
In the context of the European Construction Products Directive (CPD), ... more...