AREA OF EXPERTISE
FIRE INVESTIGATIONS & FLAMMABILITY OF CLOTHING & FURNISHINGS
Expert CV Gordon H. Damant (condensed)

EXPERTISE
Flammability of upholstered furniture, mattresses and other bedding products, carpets and floor coverings, automobile interior components, Christmas Trees; curtains and drapes, interior wall finish and wall coverings, building insulation materials, cotton battings, plastics, polyester fiber, polyurethane foams, textile fabrics, clothing (domestic, work and protective).

OCCUPATION
Director, InterCity Testing and Consulting Corp. of California.

EDUCATION
1963 B.Sc Chemistry, Educated at London University, England and at Herriott-Watt College, Edinburgh Scotland

WORK EXPERIENCE
1963 - 1993 California Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Home Furnishings
1978 - 1993 Chief, Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation. Responsible for all administrative and technical programs.
1967 - 1978 Head of Flammability Research Laboratory.
1963 - 1967 Headed spectroscopy, gas chromatography and thermal analysis sections.
1961 - 1963 Two years as a chemist with Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.) London, England.

OTHER EXPERIENCE
Flammability consultant to California Fire Departments, and numerous other government agencies.
Expert witness and consultant on Consumer Product Flammability. Acted as an expert witness in more than 100 cases, involving flammability of products such as furniture, bedding, carpeting, insulation, clothing and interior finish and issues related to waterbeds and plumage products. Frequent lecturer at colleges and universities.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Authored or co-authored more than 200 papers and manuscripts on Consumer Product Flammability and other consumer product issues.

AFFILIATIONS
1975 - 1982 Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Consumer Product Flammability
1983 - Present Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Fire Sciences
1972 - 1976 Past Chairman of the Flammability Committee of the National Association of Bedding Law Officials
1974 - Present Member of the National Fire Protection Association
1976 - 1978 Underwriters Laboratory Advisory Board on Upholstered Furniture Flammability
1975 - 1981 Advisory Board to the Fire Safety Center at the University of San Francisco
1985 - 1991 National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Panel for Fire Research
1979 - 1985 National Advisory Committee to the Flammable Fabrics Act - Consumer Product Safety Commission
1986 - Present National Foundation for Applied Combustion Toxicology, Academy of Fire Sciences
1987 - Present Underwriters Laboratory Fire Council
1987 - Present National Fire Protection Association Task Group on Furnishings and Contents
1987 - Present Underwriters Laboratory Consumer Advisory Council
1986 - 1991 National Fire Protection Association Research Foundation Committee on Hazard Risk Assessment
1991 - Present Dean's Policy Advisory Committee, University of California at Davis, School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
5/93 – 9/93 Sleep Products Safety Council Scientific Review Board on Indoor Air Quality
1993 - Present Sleep Products Safety Council Board of Directors

AREA OF EXPERTISE
FIRE INVESTIGATIONS & FLAMMABILITY OF CLOTHING & FURNISHINGS

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