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 | 02.02.2012 ISO fire-related activities ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards for business, governmen... |
| 05.01.2012 National and international fire statistics Most of the industrialized countries publish fire statistics, which are mainly compiled by national state administrations, fire protection association... |
| 08.12.2011 The Fire Resistance in Plastics 2011 Conference The Fire Resistance in Plastics 2011 Conference took place in Cologne, Germany, on 30 November to 1 December 2011, with 160 participants and covered t... |
| 10.11.2011 EU regulation for cigarettes with lower ignition propensity Born in a hearing of the European Parliament of February 2007, the idea of European regulations for cigarettes with lower ignition propensity (LIP) ha... |
| 06.10.2011 The 2010 fire catastrophe in Russia and its consequences In a news release of wetter.t-online.de[i] of August 21st, 2011, Russian forest experts warn of a new fire catastrophe. Exactly one year ago, a devast... |
| 01.09.2011 New version of the IMO Fire Test Procedures Code will become effective in July 2012 The International Maritime Organization IMO has developed fire safety regulations for international trading ships in the frame of the International Co... |
| 04.08.2011 Photovoltaic array fire test Photovoltaic fires in conjunction with electrical hazards are often discussed today. As photovoltaic (PV) arrays may produce electric tension up to 10... |
| 07.07.2011 The 13th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymers (FRPM11) The 13th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymers (FRPM11), 26 to 30 June 2011, took place in Alessandria, Italy, with 150 participants from all ov... |
| 09.06.2011 The 2nd International Conference on Flame Retardants in Guanghzou, China The Second International Conference on Flame Retardants: Chinese and International Markets, Requirements, Challenges and Innovations organized by the ... |
| 05.05.2011 Fire safety of batteries in electric vehicles The use of electric vehicles is expected to increase in the coming years, mainly due to the cost of traditional fuels and rising environmental concern... |
| 07.04.2011 The Construction Products Regulation is coming soon and the European Reaction to Fire Standards have been revised The revision of the Construction Products Directive (CPD) has been completed and will become the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The CPR has b... |
| 10.03.2011 Electrical fires in advanced building construction. A new threat for fire safety? Today, there is a growing trend is to green, energy neutral buildings fitted with advanced electrical technology. Modern buildings consist of signific... |
| 10.02.2011 Electromobility and fire safety The degree of electromobility in the automobile industry will increase steadily over the coming years and is perceived as a very attractive emerging m... |
| 06.01.2011 Frequent cause of fires at Christmas: Candles on dry Christmas trees and Advent wreaths A fire in the historic old town of Constance on 12 Dec 2010 caused a loss of around five million Euros. Two 73 and 84 years old residents were taken t... |
| 02.12.2010 11th National and 1st International Conference on "Trends in Fire safety and Innovative Flame Retardants for Plastics" The 11th National and 1st International Conference on „Trends in Fire safety and Innovative Flame Retardants for Plastics " took place on 24-25 ... |
| 11.11.2010 The International Electrotechnical Commission IEC and 2010 fire safety activities Founded in 1906, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is composed of 82 National Committees, (59 members and 22 associate members) repr... |
| 07.10.2010 2010 International Symposium on Flame-Retardant Materials & Technologies The 2010 International Symposium on Flame-Retardant Materials & Technologies, ISFRMT 2010, September 17-20, 2010, took place in Chengdu, China. Or... |
| 02.09.2010 Fatal Fires in Residential Buildings in the USA, 2006 -2008 The U.S. fire death rate has gone down dramatically over the past three decades since the creation of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), from over 3... |
| 05.08.2010 Fire safety of photovoltaic elements Solar photovoltaic panels are devices that convert sunlight to electricity by way of semiconducting materials. The panels are only part of the system,... |
| 01.07.2010 EPA Project: Flame Retardants in Printed Circuit Boards Partnership Circuit boards are commonly found in electronics in consumer and industrial products, including computers and cell phones. Manufacturers commonly prod... |
| 10.06.2010 Flame retardant substitution activities in electrical and electronic equipment: RoHS, (EU impact assessment) and stakeholder positions RoHS recast: Members of European Parliament find compromise on halogenated Flame Retardants The Directive on the Restriction on the use of certain haz... |
| 20.05.2010 Transport fire safety engineering in the European Union (TRANSFEU) In the frame of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013, the "TRANSFEU" Project was started in May 2009 and will take 3.5 y... |
| 15.04.2010 EPEAT - an American ecolabel system for IT equipment - discussion on restriction of halogenated flame retardants In 2007, an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) for desktop computers, notebook computers and monitors was created. The idea was ... |
| 11.03.2010 Biopolymers: Polylactic acid and flame retardancy Biopolymers have gained much attention, because they are based on "renewable carbon" in place of "fossil carbon". Polylactic acid (PLA) is a commercia... |
| 04.02.2010 Processing and Upscaling of Fire-Resistant Nano-Filled Thermosetting Polyester Resin In the frame of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013, the "Polyfire" Project has started in September 2009 and will take... |
| 07.01.2010 Decabromodiphenyl Ether Phase-out Initiative announced in the USA On_December 17, 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA issued a statement that the two U.S. producers of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), ... |
| 03.12.2009 New fire safety activities for buses Following the bus fire catastrophe near Hannover, Germany, with 20 deaths in November 2008, many activities have started to improve the existing fire ... |
| 12.11.2009 iNEMI Symposium reinforces strong environmental On 27 and 28 October 2009, iNEMI [link to www.inemi.org] together with INTEL [link to www.intel.com] held a symposium on "Global ICT Environmental Ini... |
| 10.11.2009 NIST workshop on flame retardants and fire fighters' health On 30 September 2009, the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) held a work... |
| 05.11.2009 Reaction 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), the Euroclasses and the relevant reaction-to-fire tests for surface products (li... |
| 08.10.2009 SKZ in Shanghai - International Conference on Flame Retardants The First International Conference on Flame Retardants organized by the German Plastics Center SKZ and chaired by Dr. Troitzsch Fire ... |
| 07.09.2009 The 12th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymers (FRPM’09), 31 August to 3 September 2009, took place in Poznan, Poland, and counted 160 participants The conference gave a broad overview on the international activities and new developments in flame retarding polymers, coatings, and textiles. It was ... |
| 26.08.2009 iNEMI Members release position statement on the definition of “Low Halogen” for Electronic Products 2009-07-01. The electronics organisation iNEMI has released a statement which defines the maximum levels of chlorinated and brominated flame retardant... |
| 26.08.2009 Updated brochure on flame retardants for electrical and electronic applications 2009-06-24. The new flame retardants organisation pinfa has issued an updated version of a brochure on flame retardants for electrical and electronic ... |
| 03.08.2009 LASS, Lightweight Construction Applications at Sea and Fire Safety The fire safety of lightweight construction applications at sea has been considered in a comprehensive project, LASS. A report by SP, the Technical Re... |
| 01.07.2009 Glow wire test flammability and ignitability requirements for appliances The glow-wire tests for end products and materials to IEC 60695-2-11 to 13 are required in Europe and increasingly in Asia, while they do not play a m... |
| 03.06.2009 Revisions of the Directives Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) The directives on the collection and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and on the restriction of certain hazardous substances in... |
| 04.05.2009 Report from the Fire Retardant Technologies Conference FRT09, Preston, UK The Fire Retardant Technologies Conference FRT09, Preston, UK, 21st to 23rd April 2009, covered flame retardancy mechanisms in general and for t... |
| 01.04.2009 pinfa: new organisation for non-halogenated flame retardants at Cefic A new sector group for non-halogenated phosphorus, inorganic and nitrogen flame retardants was set up at Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council... |
| 01.04.2009 State of Washington, USA: Ban of deca-BDE for TV-sets, computers and residential upholstered furniture in 2011 Since 2007, the law RCW 70.76 restricts the manufacture, sale and distribution of products containing PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) in the St... |
| 02.03.2009 European fire tests for roofing under review In the frame of the European Construction Products Directive (CPD) a harmonized European system for fire testing and classification of construction pr... |
| 04.02.2009 Revision of the Construction Products Directive and of European fire tests The revision of the Construction Products Directive (CPD) has been completed and will be submitted to the European Parliament end of 2008. There are n... |
| 04.01.2009 Toxicity requirements for fire effluents in building and transportation In building, fire safety requirements concerning the toxicity of fire effluents exist only in a few countries all over the world. In France, they are ... |
| 01.12.2008 A tragic bus fire kills 20 people near Hannover, Germany, and proves that fire safety requirements for busses are insufficient A German tour bus caught fire on an autobahn near the city of Hannover on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 killing 20 people. Survivors told authorities tha... |
