The Fourth Meeting on Fire-Retardant Polymers was held from September 9 to September 11, 1992, at Albert-Ludwige-University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. The meeting was organized by the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) in close collaboration with the University of Torino, Department of Chemistry, IPM (Torino, Italy); University Louis Pasteur and Ecole d' Application des Hauts Polymer (EAHP—Strasbourg, France), and University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), and was supported by EPF (European Polymer Federation) of GPF (Group Fransais des Polymers). The Organizing Committee included R. Mulhaupt (Chairman, Germany), G. Camino (Italy), W. Becker (Germany), J. Brossas (France), and L. Costa (Italy). The Scientific Committee included W. Becker (BASF AG, Germany), G. Camino (University of Torino), P. Flury (Ciba-Geigy AG, Switzerland), I. C. McNeill (University of Glasgow, UK), R. Mulhaupt (University of Freiburg, Germany), J. Otton (Rhone-Poulenc, France), J.-C. Robinet (Norsolor, France), J. Troitzsch (Wiesbaden, Germany), J. Brossas (EAHP, Strasbourg), L. Costa (University of Turin), R. Locatelli (Himont, Ferrara, Italy), C. Moye (Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, Name-la-Valle, France), S. Russo (University of Sassart, Italy), A. Sainrat (Lab. Nat. d'Essais, Paris, France), and D. Woolley (Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, UK).