The British standards BS EN 597-1, BS EN 597-2 and BS 6897 meet the requirements for the resistance of cushions, sofas and mattresses to fire. In these standards, the levels of flammability are evaluated considering the fire risk of the end-use environment. These levels do not reflect the attitudes of beds, sofas or bed bases in the event of a complete fire.

The BS 7177 standard covers the following important changes:

• 0 and 1 ignition sources have been replaced by a burning cigarette and match flame and equivalent ignition sources in parallel with the BS EN 597-1 and BS EN 597-2 standards.
• The O / NS ignition source is removed from the BS 6807 standard, but this ignition source is reserved in the BS 7177 standard.
• Reference to the Crown Suppliers FTS 15 specification has been removed.

The full names of the standards mentioned here are as follows:

• BS 591-1 Furniture - Assessment of the flammability of mattresses and upholstered beds - Ignition source: burning cigarette
• BS 591-2 Furniture - Evaluation of the flammability of mattresses and upholstered beds - Ignition source: alve and equivalent
• BS 6897 Test methods for evaluating the flammability of mattresses, upholstered sofas and upholstered beds with primary and secondary ignition sources
• BS 7177 Specification for ignition resistance of cushions, sofas and mattress bases

Many laboratories are accredited in accordance with TS EN ISO / IEC 17025 standards from domestic and foreign accreditation organizations. In this way, quality, fast and reliable tests are done. In addition, these laboratories comply with the standards published by national or international organizations in the test studies. Laboratories are based on the BS 7177 standard in terms of specifications for the ignition resistance of beds, sofas and bed bases made under furniture testing.