Why Is Flame Retardant Furniture Important In Care Homes?

In many of our blogs, we have touched on why flame-retardant furniture is so important, particularly in care homes. Whether that be our flame-retardant curtains or flame-retardant bedding, no matter the furniture type, the furniture’s reaction to fires and flames are of paramount importance.

At Hill and Hill Care Furnishings, we supply high-quality care home furniture you can feel confident in. We also pride ourselves on knowing that our furniture exhausts all manner of safety concerns, as well as being of exceptionally high quality. When it comes to never scrutinising on safety proceedings, fire proof furniture is definitely up there as a high priority.

As such, we have decided to touch on why flame-retardant bedding and other furniture is so important in care homes.

What Is Flame Retardant Furniture?

Before delving into why flame retardant furniture is so important, we might want to establish exactly what flame retardant furniture is. To put it simply, flame resistant furniture is furniture that prevents the outbreak of a fire. The furniture is usually garnished with a red tag illustrating its apparent fire immunity making the furniture easy to identify and implement.

Understanding The Laws

Having your furniture be resistant to fire might seem like a handy benefit, but there are actually laws put in place to ensure that furniture meets certain health and safety standards. Furniture law requires particular attention when it comes to their use in care homes.

You have probably heard it by now, but back in 2006, the UK government introduced legislation stating that all non-domestic premises must adhere to new health and safety requirements. In these requirements, there were outlines detailing the emphasis on fire safety. This ensured that all furniture in care homes, be it nursing or residential, must be resistant to flames and/or have high adversity to fire.

Safety Is Always Paramount

Aside from the fact that there are certain laws and regulations detailing the importance of flame-retardant furniture, you should always seek to find furniture that protects against fire and rogue flames. After all, the health and safety of your residents should be of paramount importance at all times.

Fires and burning flames can occur just about anywhere and everywhere, and they can be aggravated very easily. Something as simple as a gust of wind can cause the flames to travel very quickly. It can also mean the situation can get out of hand very quickly. This is one of many reasons our specialist furniture is so important to your care home.

We Provide High-Quality Flame Retardant Furniture

At Hill & Hill, we provide some of the highest quality care home furnishings designed to ensure the safety of you and, potentially most importantly, your residents. So if you require such curtains, bedding or another form of furniture, please contact us.