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 About the Consortium Welcome to the official website of the International Consortium for Fire Safety, Health and the Environment (ICFSHE). We are an organization committed to the integration, within national and international safety standards, of policies that will encourage the simultaneous achievement of the highest levels of fire safety, health and environmental quality. We intend to accomplish this through the collaborative efforts of all stakeholders: fire safety professionals; environmentalists, toxicologists and other health experts; industry executives; government regulators; academicians; materials scientists; engineers; and economists. Our stakeholders share a serious interest in the safety, health and environmental quality of the most important and popular products in the world and are in a position to contribute to our success. Founded in 2001 as the Transatlantic Fire Safety Consortium, the name of this U.S.-based not-for-profit corporation was changed in the following year to reflect an essential broadened scope. The mission of the consortium remains the same, to promote balanced, science-based public safety, environmental and health policies and manufacturing practices. ICFSHE also has set out to eliminate the economic barriers that discourage industry from going beyond the current minimum, mandatory standards for safety, health and environmental quality. We seek to harness the incredible power of the marketplace to encourage industries to compete with each other to produce the safest and cleanest possible products and materials. We envision a world where a creative company, Sony, for example, would find it economically advantageous to innovate as much for safety and environmental reasons as it already does for entertainment. As you browse our website, you will get a glimpse of our activities, accomplishments and current endeavors. You will find that some of our programs are well established, others are works-in-progress and a few are little more than ideas. I hope we never stop growing, refining, rethinking and evaluating. Enjoy your visit and return often.
George A. Miller |