by pinfa-editor | 2 Mar, 2021
One child died in a house fire probably started by an overheating cell phone igniting a couch in North Carolina. Another child and the mother were injured. The fire occurred early in the morning and extensively damaged the house, which did not have smoke detectors....
by pinfa-editor | 17 Apr, 2024
Government estimates total fire costs at 12 bn UK£/y, of which a 1/4 is impacts of fire, and 3/4 fire prevention and mitigation. The report covers only fires attended by fire services, for the year ending March 2020 and covers only England (population 56.5 million,...
by pinfa-editor | 14 Dec, 2023
18 organisations, including pinfa, call for a comprehensive EU fire safety strategy from the next Parliament and Commission. The 6-page Manifesto aims to ensure fire safety for EU citizens in all types of building across Europe. Five thousand people are killed by fire...
by pinfa-editor | 2 Oct, 2024
by pinfa-editor | 2 Mar, 2021
New wash-resistant Si – N – P flame retardants developed by DTNW in German government innovation project. The AiF-IGF project No. 19617 N has developed new silane-based PIN FRs, containing silicon, phosphorus and nitrogen, using industrially available amino...
