Domestic and Hotel Fire Prevention Results of Working Group Discussion

Presentations Hotel Fire Safety (Safehotel) –Dieter Nüssler Consumer Fire Safety (update) –Bob Graham Flame retardants –Petra Andersson Domestic Sprinklers (Amsterdam initiative) –Ricardo Weewer / René Hagen

Objectives Hotel Fire Safety Training staff is effective and cheap Checklist for self-inspection Quality label for fire safe hotels Minimum level of fire safety Voluntary agreement by stakeholders Fires in hotel rooms

Objectives Consumer Fire Safety Flatscreen burn The Hague Standardization work on TV’s Upholstered furniture burn Delft Need to increase of domestic fire safety

Objectives Flame retardants Advantages and disadvantages All the flame retardants has different properties Needs to be evaluated Reach timetable

Objectives Domestic Sprinklers Amsterdam goal to have a first mover in 2012 Starting a network Domestic sprinklers in monumental block

Actions & next steps Hotel Fire Safety Gathering data / statistics Supporting FEU initiative ”SafeHotel” (promote and translate) Explore if increasing domestic fire safety also increase hotel fire safety

Actions & next steps Consumer Fire Safety Supporting ACFSE to get the higher tv standard global Supporting ACFSE to present the upholstered furniture issue to European and national bodys

Actions & next steps Flame retardants Following the discussions Perhaps EC research: how do we measure the disadvantages in the increasing of fire safety Collecting data and studies for the EC

Actions & next steps Domestic Sprinklers If asked supporting Amsterdam Fire Brigade

Responsible for action & timing Hotel Fire Safety: –EFA (data, research relations between DMS and HFS and supporting SafeHotel) and FEU Consumer Fire Safety: –EFA supporting ACFSE on tv’s and U.F. Domestic Sprinklers: –Amsterdam FB, if asked supported by EFA Flame Retardants: –EFA collecting data