Fabian, Baxter & Dalton’s 27 page paper “Characterization of firefighter smoke exposure” summarises ongoing work to better understand how and to what extent smoke exposure can pose health risks for firefighters, and how to reduce these risks. The key toxic gases...
A combination of PIN flame retardants was tested in extruded polystyrene (100 x 100 x 3 mm sheets), showing to be effective in ensuring self-extinguishment (combustion stops when flame heat source is removed), preventing ignition and reducing heat release. Peak heat...
Six models of flat-panel 32-40 inch TVs (3 samples of each one) were fire tested to assess ignition resistance, heat release, smoke and toxic gas emissions. 3 x 3 TVs were purchased in South America (SA: Brazil and Mexico) and were considered to not contain flame...
Sixty people were killed by fire in the Collectiv nightclub, Bucharest, 30th October, including the bassist of the band on stage Goodbye to Gravity. The band’s pyrotechnics ignited non fire safety treated polystyrene acoustic insulation material and the fire spread...
A new “fire safety theme park” in Tianjin, North-East China, allows visitors to experience the difficulties of evacuating from fire with limited visibility, here with a maze filled with orange smoke. The park also presents the history of fire services, information on...
