In many facilities, you should know the materials used to build crowd control ropes meet fire code requirements. Just as there are many crowd control manufacturers there are many materials used.

First for the stuffing, there are generally two types used; either a foam core or a cotton cording. You do not need to be much of a scientist to know the foam will produce much higher levels of toxicity when burning. So our recommendation would be to select cotton cording for the stuffing medium.

The portion that is visible is the covering and any fabric material can be used. the most common are Naugahyde, velour, tweed, or velvet (these are purposely listed from most synthetic to least). Therefore if toxicity from fire is a concern, your best choice would be velvet covering cotton cording. Here is a link if you are searching for a supplier of velvet rope

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