Introduction to 'International Flammability Standards For Upholstered Furniture'

An introduction and table of contents outlining the 'Guide to International Flammability Standards For Upholstered Furniture' produced by FIRA International Limited. The guide compares current UK Regulations/Standards relating to the fire safety of domestic and contract upholstered furniture to similar standards/regulations around the globe. The aim is to provide information on the relative fire safety of a product sourced locally compared to that sourced in the UK/to UK standards.

Introduction

A new guide for international flammability standards for upholstered furniture has been produced by FIRA.

FIRA was commissioned to produce this guide comparing current UK Regulations/Standards relating to the fire safety of domestic and contract upholstered furniture to similar standards/regulations around the globe. The aim is to provide information on the relative fire safety of a product sourced locally compared to that sourced in the UK/to UK standards.

The guide covers the key markets as follows:

Europe – European Community

United Kingdom	Ireland	France	Germany	Italy
Denmark	Norway	Sweden	Finland	Bulgaria
Czech Republic	Estonia	Greece	Hungary	Latvia
Lithuania	Cypress	Poland	Rumania	Slovakia
Slovenia

Eastern Europe

Armenia	Azerbaijan	Belarus	Bosnia Herzegovina	Croatia
Kazakhstan	Ukraine	Uzbekistan	Russian Federation

The Americas

United States of America	Canada	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
Ecuador	Peru

The Far East

China (including Hong Kong)

Singapore

Malaysia

Australasia

Australia

New Zealand

Indian Sub-Continent

India

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Africa

South Africa

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 FIRA International Limited

3 Standards and Regulations

4 EUROPE – EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

4.1 UNITED KINGDOM
4.1.1 Domestic furniture
4.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.2 EIRE
4.2.1 Domestic Furniture
4.2.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.3 FRANCE
4.3.1 Domestic furniture
4.3.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.4 GERMANY
4.4.1 Domestic furniture
4.4.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.5 ITALY
4.5.1 Domestic furniture
4.5.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.6 DENMARK
4.6.1 Domestic furniture
4.6.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.7 NORWAY
4.7.1 Domestic furniture
4.7.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.8 SWEDEN
4.8.1 Domestic furniture
4.8.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.9 FINLAND
4.9.1 Domestic furniture
4.9.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.10 BULGARIA
4.10.1 Domestic furniture
4.10.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.11 CZECH REPUBLIC
4.11.1 Domestic furniture
4.11.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.12 ESTONIA
4.12.1 Domestic furniture
4.12.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.13 GREECE
4.13.1 Domestic furniture
4.13.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.14 HUNGARY
4.14.1 Domestic furniture
4.14.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.15 LATVIA
4.15.1 Domestic furniture
4.15.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.16 LITHUANIA
4.16.1 Domestic furniture
4.16.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.17 CYPRUS
4.17.1 Domestic furniture
4.17.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.18 POLAND
4.18.1 Domestic furniture
4.18.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.19 RUMANIA
4.19.1 Domestic furniture
4.19.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.20 SOLVAKIA
4.20.1 Domestic furniture
4.20.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

4.21 SLOVENIA
4.21.1 Domestic furniture
4.21.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5 EASTERN EUROPE

5.1 ARMENIA
5.1.1 Domestic furniture
5.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.2 AZERBAIJAN
5.2.1 Domestic furniture
5.2.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.3 BELARUS
5.3.1 Domestic furniture
5.3.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.4 BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
5.4.1 Domestic furniture
5.4.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.5 CROATIA
5.5.1 Domestic furniture
5.5.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.6 KAZAKHSTAN
5.6.1 Domestic furniture
5.6.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.7 RUSSIAN FEDERATION
5.7.1 Domestic furniture
5.7.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.8 UKRAINE
5.8.1 Domestic furniture
5.8.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

5.9 UZBEKISTAN
5.9.1 Domestic furniture
5.9.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6 THE AMERICAS

6.1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
6.1.1 Domestic furniture
6.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6.2 CANADA
6.2.1 Domestic furniture
6.2.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6.3 ARGENTINA
6.3.1 Domestic furniture
6.3.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6.4 BRAZIL
6.4.1 Domestic furniture
6.4.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6.5 CHILE
6.5.1 Domestic furniture
6.5.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6.6 ECUADOR
6.6.1 Domestic furniture
6.6.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

6.7 PERU
6.7.1 Domestic furniture
6.7.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

7 THE FAR EAST

7.1 CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG)
7.1.1 Domestic furniture
7.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

7.2 SINGAPORE
7.2.1 Domestic furniture
7.2.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

7.3 MALAYSIA
7.3.1 Domestic furniture
7.3.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

8 AUSTRALASIA

8.1 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
8.1.1 Domestic furniture
8.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

9 INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
9.1 INDIA
9.1.1 Domestic furniture
9.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

9.2 BANGLADESH
9.2.1 Domestic furniture
9.2.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

9.3 PAKISTAN
9.3.1 Domestic furniture
9.3.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

9.4 SRI LANKA
9.4.1 Domestic furniture
9.4.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

10 AFRICA

10.1 SOUTH AFRICA
10.1.1 Domestic furniture
10.1.2 Non-Domestic Furniture

11 Matrix of Domestic Standards/Regulations

12 Matrix of Non Domestic Regulations/Standards

13 Conclusions
13.1 Domestic Furniture
13.2 Non - Domestic Furniture

14 Description/Comparison of Test Methods
14.1 Cigarette Tests
14.2 Match Tests
14.3 Higher ignition sources – UK
14.4 Higher ignition sources – France
14.5 California Regulations CAL 117
14.6 California Regulations CAL 133
14.7 Acknowledgements

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