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ImageState & Federal Mattress Flammability Requirements
Resource Toolkit

Your resource for answers to the most frequently asked
questions about new Federal Flammability standard

NEW!  Updated October 2006!  Free Download for ISPA Members!
(See link below.)



Designing and testing qualified mattress prototypes, managing your component supply chain, implementing a quality assurance process, keeping the required detailed records, and instituting appropriate manufacturing controls will be necessary and challenging in order to comply with the new standard.

ISPA and the Sleep Products Safety Council have developed the State and Federal Mattress Flammability Requirements Resource Toolkit to provide information that mattress manufacturers can use as they prepare to meet the new federal standard.   This timely resource contains:

  • Relevant background information and standard definitions
  • Important compliance considerations
  • A comprehensive list of products covered by the standard
  • Examples of critical recording keeping forms 
  • Helpful suggestions for working with fire test labs
  • Useful machinery tips
  • Detailed answers to commons questions 

Price:
ISPA Members and SPSC Hangtag Buyers:   FREE (PDF download) $450 value 
Hangtag Buyers, contact Jane Oseth, joseth@sleepproducts.org to receive your file via email.
ISPA Members, printed binder: $125 
Non-members:      $450
Download the Flammability Toolkit Order Form, or contact Jane Oseth.

NEW! ISPA Members, download your updated copy of the Toolkit using the link below.
State & Federal Mattress Flammability Resource Toolkit, updated February 2008 (with an updated list of testing labs)
(PDF, 1.35 mg file, depending on your connection speed, you may need to allow a few minutes to download)*

This PDF file should be viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0.  Visit  to Adobe's website to download the latest version free Acrobat Reader.

*You must be logged in as a member to download this file.   If you need help with login or password, please contact Janice Hughes at jhughes@sleepproducts.org

If you have logged in and still have problems downloading the file, please contact Jane Oseth at joseth@sleepproducts.org or call 703-683-8371, ext. 1130.
     

 


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