Fire test

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Fire Extinguisher Balls Due to Failure to Extinguish Fires and Risk of Serious Injury or Death; Sold on Amazon.com

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
Injury, Inhalation, CPSC, Fire test, UL, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fire, Amazon (company), Risk, Asin, Smoke, ASIN, Burns, Death, NFPA, Fireworks

These products can fail to extinguish a fire, which could lead to serious injury and death.

Key Points: 
  • These products can fail to extinguish a fire, which could lead to serious injury and death.
  • Specifically, the identified products can fail to properly disperse fire suppressing chemicals and fail to extinguish a fire.
  • The fire extinguisher balls were sold to consumers on Amazon.com.
  • Consumers should stop using them and dispose of these products at either a local fire department or a hazardous waste disposal facility.

Textures Top 2023 Brick Trends

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Friday, January 13, 2023
Interior Design, Architecture, Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Urban Planning, Natural Resources, IBC, Fire test, International Building Code, Old World, Belden Brick Company, Burn, Construction, BIA

New buildings designed to look like a rustic, refurbished warehouse

Key Points: 
  • New buildings designed to look like a rustic, refurbished warehouse
    Modern design using authentic tumbled brick for an Old World, historic surface (also residential)
    Extra texture: integrating visual texture by rotating the brick a degree, laying courses or creating a texture using brick elements and blending in various patterns using lighter colors to convey depth and detail (also residential)
    Made from abundant natural resources, fired-clay brick is free of volatile compounds that will not burn, melt or combust.
  • It has tested to provide a minimum one-hour fire resistance rating by itself—regardless of backing material—as recognized by ASTM E119, Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials and the International Building Code (IBC).
  • Contributing BIA members include Acme Brick Co., The Belden Brick Company, Bowerston Shale Co., Endicott Clay Products Co., General Shale, Hebron Brick Co., Statesville Brick Co. and Whitacre Greer.
  • BIA is the nationally recognized authority on clay brick construction representing the nation’s distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products.

DuPont announces two updated fire listings for DuPont™ ArmorWall™ Systems through ICC-ES

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Fire, NYSE, Solution, Fire test, E330, ASTM, Program, Evaluation, Investor relations, Tyvek, Science, Atmosphere, Organization, Water, Construction, NFPA, ICC, Great Stuff, Transport, International Building Code, Industry, ESL, Wall, DuPont, Life, Electronics, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DuPont Performance Building Solutions announced today their DuPont™ ArmorWall™ Systems received two updated fire listings from the International Code Council (ICC) – ICC-ESL-1302 applicable to ASTM E119 and ICC-ESL-1442 applicable to NFPA 285.

Key Points: 
  • WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DuPont Performance Building Solutions announced today their DuPont ArmorWall Systems received two updated fire listings from the International Code Council (ICC) ICC-ESL-1302 applicable to ASTM E119 and ICC-ESL-1442 applicable to NFPA 285.
  • DuPont ArmorWall Systems are premium five-in-one systems incorporating five traditional building enclosure elements into a single panel product: structural sheathing, fire-resistance, air- and water-resistive barriers, and a high-performance continuous insulation layer.
  • ArmorWall Systems have undergone rigorous testing and allow projects to meet continuous insulation building codes and the tight timelines of construction schedules faster and more cost-effectively.
  • DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation leader with technology-based materials and solutions that help transform industries and everyday life.

UL and the UK Fire Protection Association Advance Fire Safety with Development of New Laboratory

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
UL, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Fire protection, Fire Protection Association, Laboratory, Fire test, Counties of England, Safety

WARRINGTON, English and MORETON-IN-MARSH, England, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UL, the global safety science leader, and the Fire Protection Association (FPA), an active research and testing organisation and the U.K.'s national fire safety organisation, have joined into an agreement to support fire testing in U.K. The two organisations plan to expand testing and laboratory capacities in Blockley, Gloucestershire in order to enhance UL services in the U.K.

Key Points: 
  • WARRINGTON, English and MORETON-IN-MARSH, England, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --UL, the global safety science leader, and the Fire Protection Association (FPA), an active research and testing organisation and the U.K.'s national fire safety organisation, have joined into an agreement to support fire testing in U.K.
  • UL has invested in fire resistance test furnaces to be installed within the FPA's Blockley Test laboratory.
  • The negotiations and construction planning for this laboratory facility have already commenced, with the new laboratory planning for opening in early 2022.
  • This cooperation and laboratory demonstrate how UL is levering its scientific leadership and objective authority to help U.K. manufacturers confirm compliance and conformance and solve critical safety challenges.