The frequency of façade fires in large buildings has grown seven times over the last 30 years. The US NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) summarises current information on façade fires, outlining regulatory developments and illustrating ten major incidents...
A fire destroyed 55 000 m2 of Amazon warehouse, Redlands, California, June 5th with millions of dollars damages. The warehouse, operated by Kuehne+Nagel, who ship extra-large items to customers, was equivalent to nearly eight football fields, and stored large consumer...
Firefighters were called to a farm in Yorkshire, UK, May 2020, to save the bacon. The free-range pigs were equipped with pedometers (to prove that they were doing their 10 000 steps to keep in good health). Unfortunately, one pig ate the pedometer from another’s foot...
BDMMP, a liquid, phosphorus-based PIN flame retardant shows fire performance, heat ageing and migration resistance. The PIN FR dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) is widely used today in flexible polyurethane foams (PUR), but its low molecular weight can result in...
Despite the current challenges, there seem to be opportunities for fire safety with safety awareness, home working, growth of IT and reshoring of plastics supply chains. pinfa members and the pinfa Advisory Board in May separately and informally discussed challenges...
