Estimating the impact of the mattress fire safety Standard 16 CFR Part 1633 on bed fire outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Beds are a prevalent combustible in fatal fires in the United States effective 1 July 2007, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission promulgated a standard to severely reduce the heat release rate and the early heat output from mattresses and foundations when ignited by a flaming ignition source. This study estimates the Standard's success over its first decade using fire incidence, US population, and mattress sales data. The technique mitigates the influence of some exogenous factors that might have changed during this decade. The Standard is accomplishing its purpose, preventing approximately 65 fatalities (out of an estimated 95 fatalities in 2002-2005) from bed fires annually during 2015-2016, although not all pre-Standard mattresses had yet been replaced. Compared to residential upho

SUBMITTER: Gilbert SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176560 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature