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Furniture Fire Safety, Manufacturer Perspective
1. FURNITURE FIRE SAFETY
A Fire Barrier Manufacturer’s
Perspective
Kathy Morse Dorrity
Ventex, Inc.
April 25, 2013
2. Combine thermal insulation with
fire blocking performance to
prevent OR delay internal
flashover event
Delay = increased time for
discovery, escape and
extinguishment = enhanced life
safety
FIRE BARRIER 101
3. Fire barriers for Mattresses and
Upholstered Furniture
100’s of different fire barriers
Inherent solutions
Halogen-Free solutions
Eliminate Chemicals of Concern
Cost effective
VENTEX BARRIERS
4. INHERENT SOLUTIONS
Use inherently flame retardant
materials for fire barriers
Do not need “topically applied” FR
Capable of meeting most rigorous
FR standards worldwide
100’s of different fire barriers able
to match various FR challenges
5. HALOGEN FREE
No halogenated flame retardants
Halogen Free
Free of Chemicals of Concern
CPSIA
RoHS
WEEE
Proposition 65
Content based analysis
7. COST EFFECTIVE
Love seats / chairs would be less
Products available today
Mattress Industry forecasted
expensive solutions before 1633
Solutions less than $10 are
commonplace
8. NEED FOR CHANGE
Save lives
Children & families
Firefighters
Increase time for discovery and
escape
Allow time for firefighter response
Reduce litigation risk
Keep furniture manufacturing
viable in USA
9. MYTH #1
Life safety must be
sacrificed to eliminate
Chemicals of Concern
from furniture.
10. MYTH #2
Topically applied flame
retardants have to be
used to make furniture
meet flammability
requirements.
11. MYTH #3
The cost to comply with
meaningful flammability
requirements is too high.
12. Myth #4
Flammability standards
that do not involve actual
flame will not shield
upholstered furniture
manufacturers from
liability exposure.
13. LEARN MORE
Ventex: 1-800-800-3994
www.greenbearmark.com
hmurphy@ventexfabrics.com