July 10, 2012
CPSC staff is participating in voluntary standard and code activities to reduce fires related to household clothes dryers. There are thousands of residential fires annually attributed to household gas and electric clothes dryers. The Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standard, UL 2158, Electric Clothes Dryers, and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z21.5.1/Canadian Standards Association (CSA) 7.1, Gas clothes dryers Volume I, Type I clothes dryers, are the pertinent consensus safety standards. CPSC staff believes that improving clothes dryer performance and construction could reduce the number of fires and fire deaths. Staff also continues to promote consumer awareness and education regarding the proper use and care of clothes dryers, which staff believes can play an important role in helping to prevent fires.
Letters and Comments
- November 15, 2011
CPSC Staff Proposal to the Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
Meetings
- November 21, 2003
- July 29, 2003
CPSC Staff Tests/Recommendations to Address Dryer Fires
- May 14, 2001
Clothes Dryer Testing to Address Dryer Fire
- November 9, 2000
Clothes Dryers Meeting with AHAM
- July 18, 2000
Meeting to Discuss Clothes Dryer Safety with AHAM
- June 21, 2000
ANSI/CSA Joint Subcommittee Meeting on Standards for Gas Clothes Dryers
- March 29, 2000
Safety Standards for Electric Clothes Dryers, Small Kitchen Appliances and Electric Air Heaters
- September 10, 1998