Statistics: Holz100 and Fire Resistance

Why should I care about fire safety?
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Your home is more prone to fire than you think.

​According to NFID, there was a total of 38,844 fires in the seven jurisdictions reporting in 2014. Of the 19,062  structural  fires reported in 2014, three quarters (74%) were residential fires. Consistent with the overall trend, the number of structural fires declined by 26% between 2005 and 2014. However, Over the 10-year period, residential fires consistently accounted for 6 out of every 10 structural fires, ranging from 69% in 2005 and 2006 to 75% in 2013.  

Although the overall number of reports have decreased, why did the proportion of residential and structural fires increase?

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​Because newer homes burn faster:

"Research shows that 30 years ago, you had about 17 minutes to escape a house fire. ​Today it's down to three or four minutes. The reason: Newer homes and the furniture inside them actually burn faster. A lot faster.
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To demonstrate, Rossen Reports went to Underwriters Laboratories in Chicago, where two rooms were built side by side: one a flashback to the '70s or '80s with real wood and many natural materials, and the other a modern one with a lot of synthetic fibers, from the curtains to the couch to even the coffee table.

As firefighters stood by, a fire set to a sofa pillow in the modern room quickly spread across the sofa and jumped to other furniture: a lamp, an end table, a chair and coffee table. Within 3 minutes, flames were going through the roof.

"The backing of your carpet is synthetic, your drapes are synthetic, the couch, the pillows are synthetic," explained John Drengenberg, consumer safety director for UL. "They burn hotter and faster than natural materials do."

A similar fire set to the sofa pillow in the room simulating an older home burned for several minutes without even catching the rest of the sofa. At 15 minutes the room was still intact; it wound up taking 30 minutes for the room to burn."​

"Among structural residential fire incidents, cooking equipment and smoker’s equipment/open flame were the two leading sources of ignition in residential fires over the 2005 to 2014 period. These two categories combined consistently accounted for about 6 in 10 of all of the residential fires." - NFID

"The majority of fire-related deaths occur in structural fires. For example, in 2014, 87% of the reported fire deaths occurred as a result of structural fires. Vehicle fires accounted for 11% of reported deaths, while outdoor fires accounted for 4%." - NFID

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Be Safe with Holz100
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Holz100 far surpasses any fire protection standard: 5-7 times better fire safety than reinforced concrete, brick ceilings and stud structures. Holz100 is fire resistant up to REI 120 min. or F 90.

​"Most fire deaths are not caused by burns, but by smoke inhalation. Often smoke incapacitates so quickly that people are overcome and can’t make it to an otherwise accessible exit. The synthetic materials commonplace in today’s homes produce especially dangerous substances." - National Fire Protection Association

Since Holz100 is 100% pure wood, its inhabitants need not worry about toxic fumes. With its singular natural component combined with structural capacities akin to a firewall, it is the ultimate fire-resistant building system.​​

With a burning rate of 0.7 mm/min, you and your family are guaranteed absolute safety and high-level resistance from fire for generations.
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