European Parliament underlines fire safety

European Parliament underlines fire safety

Fire safety, including selection of materials in construction and renovation, is cited in the EP position on the Renovation Wave. Parliament calls (§46) to include fire safety aspects, including design, materials, fire detection and suppression, fire-fighting and...
Ongoing debate on FRs in furniture

Ongoing debate on FRs in furniture

How do flame retardants improve furniture fire safety, depending on effects: prevent ignition, reduce heat, smoke? Two recent issues of the PolyFlame newsletter (French Chemical Society) present three different positions on whether, or in which conditions, flame...
pinfa-NA sponsors research student

pinfa-NA sponsors research student

James Covello, student in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU, Cleveland, Ohio) has received the first pinfa-NA Merit Scholarship (US$ 2500): “I have been interested in fire protection research since my first semester as an...