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Upholstered contract furniture flammability

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Upholstered contract furniture flammability

Author: Date :2018-11-08 Views: order
This article describes some of the main points concerning the essential flammability requirements for those involved in the supply of furniture to offices, hotels, hospitals and other contract market sectors.
 
Contract furniture includes all furniture supplied to all non-domestic buildings, including ones where the public has access.
 
Such buildings include schools and hospitals, and places of entertainment such as cinemas, nightclubs and concert halls. Prisons, military establishments and police stations may be other areas where flammability is a key issue.
 
In England and Wales, the responsibility for fire safety in non-domestic buildings lies with the operator of the building (note that the legal situation in Scotland and Northern Ireland is different). In England and Wales this responsibility is set out in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 ('RRFSO').
 
The RRFSO covers 'general fire precautions' and other fire safety duties which are needed to protect 'relevant persons' (for example, employees or occupiers) in case of fire in and around most 'premises'. Risk assessments are part of the duties. The risk assessment guide states: "The Order requires fire precautions to be put in place 'where necessary' and to the extent that it is reasonable and practicable in the circumstances of the case."
 
The legislation refers to the 'Responsible Person'. The Responsible Person is defined as follows:
if the building is a place of work: the employer.
if the building is not a place of work, either the person who has control of the building, such as the occupier or the owner of the building. (Note that a domestic building, such as a private home, is exempt from the RRFSO).
 
The responsible person must arrange for risk assessments to be carried out. The risk assessment will cover fire doors, fire-escapes, fire-fighting equipment and signage, as well as furniture. In fact, furniture fire safety is likely to be only a minor part of the assessment.
 
When deciding on the requirements for furniture, the Responsible Person will use several factors in determining the potential fire hazard and the required furniture specification. These factors include:
the use of the room
whether or not smoking is permitted
the number of seating units
the level of occupancy – for example, the number of beds
the size of the room and its location
whether occupants sleep at the premises
type of fire escape
mobility of occupants
use of automatic fire detection system
use of automatic fire extinguishing system
special hazards – such as, cooking, strobe lighting, locked internal doors
staff training in evacuation procedures.
 
Having assessed the hazard area level involved, the furniture selected can be tested according to BS 7176.
 
Upholstery products for use in offices, hotels and institutions
 
BS 7176:2007 is a specification which describes four different hazard levels for contract furniture and describes appropriate tests for evaluating furniture materials. The hazard categories are 'Low Hazard', 'Medium Hazard', 'High Hazard' and 'Very High Hazard'.


 

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