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Fire, 2023 In this work, a number of experiments were conducted in a reduced scale bifurcation tunnel with a ratio of 1:10 to explore the influence of the position of longitudinal fires (placed in branch tunnel) on smoke temperature profile under forced ventilation.
Hanwen Guo +4 more
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Rescue and Firefighting Operations During Incidents Involving Vehicles with Alternative Propulsion. Electric Vehicles [PDF]
Safety & Fire Technology, 2022 Aim: The aim of the article is to review information about motor vehicles that use alternative propulsion systems (in this case, electric propulsion) and the risks associated with their use.
Jacek Zboina +4 more
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Rescue Operations During Incidents Involving Alternatively Powered Vehicles. Hydrogen Propulsion [PDF]
Safety & Fire Technology, 2023 Aim: This article presents key information and conclusions about hydrogen-powered motor vehicles, as well as technological equipment and technical infrastructure enabling the work of hydrogen fuel cells in the context of their fire safety, particularly ...
Jan Kielin +4 more
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Safety & Fire Technology, 2021 Purpose: The aim of this publication is to present the most important aspects of using smoke and carbon monoxide detectors intended for households or similar residential facilities as well as to indicate the advantages and disadvantages of the adopted ...
Urszula Garlińska +3 more
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Rescue and Firefighting Operations During Incidents Involving Alternatively Powered Vehicles. Gas Propulsion [PDF]
Safety & Fire Technology, 2023 Aim: The purpose of this article is to present the most important information and conclusions about gas-powered motor vehicles and the associated risks during fires and local emergencies.
Jan Kielin +4 more
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Fire Protection Principles and Recommendations in Disturbed Forest Areas in Central Europe: A Review
Fire, 2023 Forest fires are becoming a more significant problem in Central Europe, but their danger is not as high as that in Southern Europe. The exception, however, is forest fires occurring in disturbed areas (windthrow and bark beetle outbreak areas), which are
Roman Berčák +8 more
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Fire technology, 2023 Structural steel, when exposed to fire, loses its tensile strength and ability to resist deformation. Both organic and inorganic material-based passive fire protection systems, are being traditionally used to protect steel structures in such scenarios ...
K. Garg +3 more
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Nanotechnology in Residential Building Materials for Better Fire Protection and Life Safety Outcomes
Fire, 2022 Residential fires are the main source of fire deaths and injuries both in the United States and globally. As such, better fire-resistant building materials are needed to bolster fire protection and to enhance life safety. This is during a time when fewer
Charmaine Mullins-Jaime, Todd D. Smith
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Analysis of the Problem of False Fire Alarms Generated by Fire Alarm Systems in Poland and Other Selected Countries [PDF]
Safety & Fire Technology, 2022 Aim: The aim of this article is to discuss the issue of false fire alarms by presenting the most common causes of their occurrence and statistical data, along with the presentation of selected regulatory issues.
Michał Pietrzak +2 more
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A CNN Based Anomaly Detection Network for Utility Tunnel Fire Protection
Fire, 2022 Fire accident is one of the significant threats to the urban utility tunnel (UUT) during operation, and the emergency response is challenging due to the compact tunnel structure and potential hazard sources involved. Traditional fire detection techniques
H. Bian +4 more
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