Show i U. Studying Flammability A mother dressed In a nightgown leans over a stove and accidentally brushes her garment against the She is instantly engulfed Id SMOKING a an unsuspecting man dozes The cigarette falls from his lips to his synthetic turning it into a death Tragic fabric fires such as these will account for deaths and numerous injuries this year because of inadequate Federal flammability standards and public warns Irving director of the Flammability Research Center at the University of RESEARCHERS studied fires involving flammable fabrics and found that types of fiber in clothing that ignited were 87 7 2 cotton and dacron 2 and 3 Sources of ignition in 29 percent of the cases were a match or gas 11 9 followed by electric trash fireplaces and water electrical and each at of fabrics involved in about of these fires were subjected to flammability tests specified by existing Federal clothing passes these indicating that much work is necessary to adopt more reliable A NEW Federal mandate requires clothing manufacturers to make ail children's nightwear up to size fire Einhorn a study of clothing fires showed that well over 50 percent of all fatalities occurred in older age Faced with what Einhorn describes as epidemic of national the U researcher is making a pica to the public to report any fabric fire injury to the U flammability centers or others across the country that are conducting similar NEED to as aroused about the danger of fabric fires as they were with polio in the early We can only build a solid case against highly flammable materials if we receive information about fabric he Persons suffering fabric-fire injuries matter how should report directly to the flammability Einhorn says the U center will attempt to establish a fires what types of materials are the seriousness of the Utah center has computerized information from some fires which over the last ten years in the Salt Lake City we obtain an adequate data we can take this evidence to the U.S. Bureau of Standards and show a definite fire he restrictive legislation can be sought through proper THE U flammability center is one of the few to use a multi-disciplinary approach to its It involves researchers from the colleges of and along with input from the State Medical the State Fire Marshal and the Salt Lake City Fire |