Research and analysis

Fire risks of upholstered products: appendices

An independent research report.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Published: 1 August 2023

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Appendix 1 – List of documents included in the literature review for the concept mapping exercise

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Appendix 2 – Guidelines for annotators, part of the concept mapping exercise

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Appendix 3 – Concept network: elements of the network that are part of the fire risk dimension of the furniture matrix

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Appendix 4 – Concept network: fire risk elements of the network and how they relate to the furniture elements

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Appendix 5 – Concept network: elements of the network that are part of the FR exposure dimension of the furniture matrix

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Appendix 6 – Concept network: complete set of FR exposure elements of the network

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Appendix 7 – Concept network: FR exposure elements of the network and how they relate to the furniture elements

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Appendix 8 – Concept network: complete integrated network, relating fire risk, FR exposure, and furniture elements

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Appendix 9 – Code list, showing all of the concepts that were included in the concept network, and how they are included in the matrix

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Appendix 10 – Citation data for the full set of studies retrieved from the broad Scopus search n=3385

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Appendix 11 – Questionnaire for evaluating fire risk in furniture, blank version

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Appendix 12 – Questionnaire for evaluating fire risk, including calculations for combustible volume

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Appendix 13 – Questionnaire for evaluating FR exposure from furniture, blank version

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Appendix 14 – Questionnaire for evaluating FR exposure from furniture, including calculations for surface area

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Appendix 15 – Furniture matrix data analysis, data visualisation, and raw data from the evaluation questionnaires

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Appendix 16 – Explanation as to why there is insufficient data to directly measure contribution of furniture to human FR load

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Appendix 17 – Dendrogram, annotated and unannotated version, showing furniture product type clusters

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Appendix 18 – Furniture risk vs. exposure matrix

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Appendix 19 – Sensitivity analysis

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Appendix 20 – Market surveillance interview transcripts

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Appendix 21 – Risk score pseudocode

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Details

This report was commissioned by the Office for Product Safety and Standards from researchers at Oakdene Hollins, University of Birmingham, University of Central Lancashire and Whaley Research. It summarises key evidence that can be used to inform policy proposals relating to the revision of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.

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Published 1 August 2023