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Manufacturers now must employ flammable vapor ignition resistant (FVIR) technology in the production of most new gas water heaters. In this issue, we discuss what manufacturers are doing to meet the recent American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard.

Special Report: Electric Space Heaters
Nathan Dwyer, Fire Findings’ staff electrical engineer, purchased and tested seven electric space heaters of various types and compared the operating temperatures and components of each. He also compared the new units to old units to see what differences might be present.

As part of his testing, Dwyer devised a performance chart of the test models. Check out what he found.

Assessing product design
Allan Topor of Sadler & Associates discusses human factors design as it relates to fire investigation. Learn how certain types of appliance fires might be the result of human expectations rather than consumer negligence.

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