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Sprinkler Design for Car Parks: Reducing the Impact of Electric Vehicle Fires
29 Sep 2023
A well-designed sprinkler system in a car park and other building areas can control fire spread and provide sufficient time for evacuation, potentially saving lives.
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Back Boiler Explosion Risks
31 Jul 2023
Jensen Hughes investigates many back boiler fires. Though less common now, they still happen, causing injuries or death to occupants of properties
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Choosing a Career in Forensics
4 May 2023
Getting into the forensic world can be challenging. Even after getting a degree, it can still be a struggle to obtain a job in your desired field. Having such a niche job, people often ask me how I got to where I am today.
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Lithium-ion Batteries + Fire At Sea
3 Apr 2023
The discussion about the hazards and risks arising from fires involving lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles continues to hit the global headlines with much debate on the topic.
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Fire Strategy Development for the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings Restoration Project
20 Feb 2023
Following a £28 million refurbishment project, the 226-year-old Main Mill at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings has been reborn. Using innovative thinking, architects, builders and engineers worked together to solve the challenges presented
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Fire Safety Engineering for Data Centers Requires Specific Expertise
23 Jan 2023
Cloud services and storage require physical data centers to operate, but what is required to make them fire-safe facilities?
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6 Most Common Errors in Implementing Fire Safety Plans
17 Jan 2023
Fire safety engineering errors are very rarely a matter of design error. Most often they arise from information gaps between the work of different designers, procurement, and installers or from conflicting but overlapping designs
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Over 100 Years of Finnish Expertise in Civil Protection: From Shelters to Total Preparedness
5 Jan 2023
Finland's location between the East and West has been more interesting in 2022 than it has been for years. What is Finland's preparedness strategy?
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Subrogation: The Road to Recovery
12 Dec 2022
In 2021, it was estimated that insurers in the United Kingdom paid approximately £8 million per day on home insurance claims, a significant cost to the community and insurer.
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Remembering the Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire
23 Nov 2022
November 24, 2022, marks a decade since the occurrence of the deadliest factory fire in Bangladesh’s history. The blaze happened at Tazreen Fashion, a garment factory in Dhaka, claiming the lives of 112 workers while injuring 200 more.
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THE STORY ON THE SURFACE: HOW CORROSION + WEAR DEBRIS ANALYSIS ARE USED IN ENGINEERING FORENSIC INVESTIGATION
20 Sep 2022
Equipment and machinery failures can lead to significant costs, including business interruption and equipment replacement.
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HOW DO SMART HOME DEVICES TURN INTO POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS?
20 Sep 2022
According to a 2022 report from Edison Research and NPR, 21% of Americans 18 and over indicated that they own a smart speaker