The particular flammability hazards of nightwear

Horrocks, A. Richard; Nazaré, Shonali; Kandola, Baljinder K.

doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2003.11.005

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“…When it comes to ignition protection of clothes , a flaming source of ignition is more common (38% of the cases, all related to candles), but also for flaming ignition the use of synthetic materials will generally result in a substantially reduced risk. The risk of ignition is substantially lower for most synthetic fabrics since it tends to melt away from the flame instead of igniting 29,30 unless it is mixed with cotton fibers that prevent this retraction from the flame. 29 Also if a fire occurs, the damage is generally lower for synthetic materials compared to cotton.…”

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“…The risk of ignition is substantially lower for most synthetic fabrics since it tends to melt away from the flame instead of igniting 29,30 unless it is mixed with cotton fibers that prevent this retraction from the flame. 29 Also if a fire occurs, the damage is generally lower for synthetic materials compared to cotton. 31 This has led to that the substitution of cotton by synthetic fabrics is an accepted injury prevention strategy by, for example, the World Health Organization.…”

Section: Barriers That Could Have Prevented the Ignition Of The Firstmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How could the fire fatalities have been prevented? An analysis of 144 cases during 2011–2014 in Sweden: An analysis

Runefors

Johansson

Hees

2016

Journal of Fire Sciences

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Approximately 80%-90% of all fire-related fatalities take place in residential occupancies. The risk groups are well known, but the effectiveness of different measures has been less investigated. In this article, fire investigations from 144 unintentional fatal residential fires have been systematically analyzed and technical measures that would have been effective in preventing each fatality have been identified. The result shows that, generally, a thermally activated suppression system (e.g. sprinkler) has the highest potential effectiveness (68%) followed by a detector-activated system in bedroom and living room (59%) or smoke alarm (37%). For smokers with home care, however, the potential effectiveness of a thermally activated suppression system and home smoke alarm was significantly lower (31% and 14%, respectively). This indicates that different measures are effective for different groups. In one-fifth of the cases, the victim could have evacuated but chose not to do so, primarily to attempt to extinguish the fire.

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Section: Barriers That Could Have Prevented the Ignition Of The Firstmentioning

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How could the fire fatalities have been prevented? An analysis of 144 cases during 2011–2014 in Sweden: An analysis

Runefors

Johansson

Hees

2016

Journal of Fire Sciences

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“…An all-too common cause of severe burn injury in children in the 1960's was ignition of sleepwear 7 (most often by stoves and matches) [99], leaving the young survivors with the scars and complications of third degree burns. An all-too common cause of severe burn injury in children in the 1960's was ignition of sleepwear 7 (most often by stoves and matches) [99], leaving the young survivors with the scars and complications of third degree burns.…”

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Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world

Peck

2012

Handbook of Burns

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“…For example, analysis of clothing‐related statistical data demonstrates that where regulations exist, fire‐related injuries have reduced. For instance, in the case of hazards posed by nightwear, where regulations have been in force for over 35 years in the UK 2, this has been shown to be the case as reviewed recently by Horrocks et al 3, 4.…”

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Optimization of the procedure to burn textile fabrics by cone calorimeter: Part I. Combustion behavior of polyester

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SUMMARYThe aim of this study was the optimization of cone calorimeter to determine the burning behavior of textile fabrics. In particular, the combustion behavior of commercial polyester textile fabrics with varying densities was studied in terms of time to ignition (TTI), heat release rate (HRR), and relative peak (pkHRR) were monitored. Reproducibility and repeatability of the data have been verified by the influence of instrument variable including incident heat flux, the temperature of ceramic backing pads and retaining grid used during sample mounting as well as sample weight (as the number of fabric layers), the density of textiles, and the relative humidity. A low reproducibility has been obtained when a wire grid was not used to stabilize samples during the tests. The effects of these variables on TTI and pkHRR were observed.

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The particular flammability hazards of nightwear

Cited by 41 publications

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How could the fire fatalities have been prevented? An analysis of 144 cases during 2011–2014 in Sweden: An analysis

How could the fire fatalities have been prevented? An analysis of 144 cases during 2011–2014 in Sweden: An analysis

Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world

Optimization of the procedure to burn textile fabrics by cone calorimeter: Part I. Combustion behavior of polyester

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