Fire and explosion investigation case studies outline

Part A: Fires
A1 building fires
A1.1 domestic A.1.1.1 Clevaux court flat 40 from cdp (Richard Hagger) A1.1..2 No 12 manor street fire (Richard Hagger)-cdp A.1.3. Residential home, kirton linc Lancashire- David purser A1.4 Metcalf residencecdp Prof Gordon Andrew, fire investigation, John Lentini A1.2 commercial A1.2.1 market fire A1.2.2 Office fires A1.2.3 Launderette fires A1.2.3.1 Launderette fire Birmingham shown on BBC 20 Feb 2004 A1.2.2.1 world trade centre fire 11 Sep 2001- David purser A1.2.2.2 digital equipment fire- Gordon Andrew- 1990 A.1.2.3 restaurant fires A1.3 Education A1.3.1 Schools A1.3.2 Higher education A1.3.3 Playgroup infants A1.4 Public sector A1.4.1 air port

A1.4.1.1 Dusseldorf A1.5 Places of public assembly A1.5.1 religious A1.5.1.1 York minster A1.5.1.2 Mecca fire A1.5.2 Sporting A1.5.2.1.1 Bradford city David purser, Roth pylactoa, Burgoynes A1.5.2.2 A1.5.3 cinemas A1.5.4 theatres A1.5.4.1 Exeter theatre royal? A1.5.4.2 Minnesota theatre fire 21 jan 2000A1.5.5 night clubs A1.5.5.1 Bolton mens supper club A1.5.5.2 Rhode Island A1.5.5.3 Stardust disco --- david purser A1.5.5.4 Swedish disco-david purser A1.6 shopping centres A1.6.1 Manchester Woolworths, chesterfield Littlewoods- David purser A1.6.2 Bethnal green road 20 jul 2004- bre A1.7 hotels and boarding houses A1.7.1 Aviemore - cdp David purser A1.7.2 MGM grand fire- cdp David purser A1.7.3 Heliopolis Sheraton hotel

A1.8 houses of multiple occupancy A1.9 historic fires A1.9.1 Great fire of London- Paul jerkins and nick troth A1.9.2 Spencer plaza India

A1.9.2 Windsor castle A1.9.3 York minster (see fpa book historic fires) A1.9.4 London Assize fire A1.9.5 Tooley street London A1.9.6 Empire palace theatre A1.9.7 rose and crown hotel A1.9.8 Summerland isle man A1.9.9 Fairfield old persons home - , Nottingham A1.9.10 Woolworths Manchester A1.9.11 stardust disco Dublin A1.9.12 Bradford city football A1.9.13 kings cross under ground A1.9.14 channel tunnel A1.9.15 rose park care home Glasgow A1.9.16 Lakanal house Camberwell-high rise residential fires A1.9.17 Carisbrooke e gardens Peckham- Arup

A1.10 car park fires A1.10.1 west one fire Sheffield Arup

A1.11 Leisure centres A1.11.1 summer land fire David purser cdp A1.11.2 MayfieldDavid purser cdp A1.12 hospitals A1.12.1 Warlingham park fre David purser cdp A1.12.2 Falklands hospital David purser cdp A1.12.3 nursing home fire- 14 deaths A1.13.underground fires A1.13.1 king cross fire- David purser, Richard chitty A1.13.2 tunnel fires A1.13.2.1 Mont blanc - David purser a1.13.2.2 channel tunnel David purser A1.14 high rise buildings A1.14.1 Windsor tower- fm global Russell kirby A1.14.2 broad gate fire 14 story 23 June 1990- Arup Paul Jenkins A1.14.3 Tesler building fire London 29 Jul 2003 A1.14.4 world trade centre- arup

A2 external fires
A2.1 Forest and moorl and fires A2.2 Transport fires A2.2.1 vehicle fires A2.2.1.1 Accident fires after crash A2.2.1.2 Vehicle defect or fault A2.2.2 Ship fires

A.2.2.2.1 Cargo ship fires A.2.2.2.2 Ferry ship fires A2.2.3 railway fires A2.2.3.1 Ladbrooke grove-david purser A2.2.4 Aviation aeroplane fires A.2.2.4.1 Aircraft ground fires A2.2.4.1.1 Manchester airtours- David purser cdp A2.2.4.2 aircraft mid air fires A2.2.5 space vehicle

A3 industrial fires
A3.1 Factories and workshops A3.1.1 Paper manufacture A3.1.2 Plastics and polymer production A3.1.3 Chemicals (not petrochemical) A3.1.3.1 Bayer crop science pesticide- Aug 2008 Virginia, near G Andrew A3.1.4 Agricultural product processing A3.1.4.1 union carbide pesticide plant, Bhopal India 1984g Andrew A3.1.4.2 Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire barn fire summer 1998 G Andrew

A3.1.4.3 Cragie farm, near Cowdnbeath 13 oct 2003- G Andrew A3.1.4.4 container ship animal feed fire 28 Jan 1986 g Andrew

A3.1.5 electronic manufacturing A3.1.5.1 digital equipment fire A3.1.6 printing industry A3.1.7 textile industry A3.1.8 toy manufacturing A3.1.8.1 Humbrol fire Honeywell factory fire A3.2 power plants A.3.2.1 hydroelectric power station A3.2.1.1 Excel energy confined space incident 25 aug 2010 A3.2.2 Thermal Power station A3.2.2.1 gas powered plants A3.2.2.2 coal powered stations A3.2.3 hybrid power station A3.2.4 nuclear power station A3.3 refineries A3.3.1 off shore refinery A3.3.2 on shore refinery A3.4 petrochemical A3.5 pharmaceuticals A3.5.1 case study1 pharmaceutical- fm global cdp and case stuy 2 A3.7 mine fires A3.7.1 Coal mine fires A3.7.2 Lead mine fires A3.7 Bauxite mine fires

A3.8 steelworks A3.8.1 steel grinding fires A3.8.2 welding fires A3.8.3 Hunderson steel plant Scotland conveyer- Gordon Andrew /peter Redpath A3.8.4 British steel plant

A3.9 Cement plants A3.10 Conveyor belt fires A3.10.1 Bradford factory 2002 conveyor G Andrew A3.10.3 B.O.S plant lime handling system- G Andrew A3.10.1 Tunnel conveyor belt fires A3.7 Process pant conveyor belt fires

A3.11 Nuclear plant fires A3.11.1 Browns ferry USA A3.12 Fireworks A3.12.1 Manufacture A3.12.2 Storage A3.12.2.1 Festival fireworks A3.13 Match manufacture A3.14 Dangerous chemicals A3.14.1 concept science- hydroxylamine- Allentown Pennsylvania USA

A3.14.2 womersley boome chemicals 21 jan 1980 A3.14.3 blaze at caswell adhesive plant, corby Northampton shire- 15 may 2007 - static electricity A3.15 distilleries and brewing A3.16 warehouse fires A3.16.1 Tooley Street A3.16.2 Peterborough warehouse- 250 job loses-fm global (Russell Kirby) A3.16.3 casher Kerry ware house- Arup A3.16.4 the fire at allied colloids ltd Bradford 21 jul 1992. A3.16.5 the humbrol fire hull 2 Nov 1988 A3.17 Spontaneous ignition A3.17.1 1 Meridian plaza USA Feb 1991 (see book blaze,- n faith, blaze, channel 4 books 1999) 3.18 Oil Rig Fires/ Natural Gas A33.18.1 Glycol contaminated Rockwool fire Frigg field 12 Aug 2001 A4 Human reaction in fires A5 Arson A6. Fire by causes A6.1 Arson A6.1.1 Laundry basket fire- Roth pHylactoa A6.2 Electrostatic A6.2.1 Electrostatic- incidence vehicle refueling in USA caught fire A6.3 Electrical A6.4 Friction A6.5 Animal fire A6.7 Human mistakes

A6.8 optical reflection Fires A.69 wind propagated/Assisted Fires A7 Fire by type A7.1 class A fires A7.2 class B fire A7.3 class C fires

PART B EXPLOSIONS
B1. Domestic gas leaks B1.1 Gas leak explosion- India (borygones) B2. Industrial gas explosions B2.1 crematorium Alan Michelson case B2.2 British steel lpg leak into service tunnels B2.3 explosion and fire at shell stanlow 20 march 1990 B3. Dust explosions B3.1 Maize starch explosion B3.2 Grain dust explosion- kambo Norway June 1976- RK Eckhoff B4. Vapour cloud explosions B4.1 Flixborough B4.2 Buncefield B4.3 Austin rover 1989 B4.4 Associated Octel company ltd 1994 G Andrew B4.5 kleen energy natural gas explosion Middletown ct, Feb 7, 2010 B4.6 Excel energy confined space incident 25 aug 2010 B4.7 New York TWA fuel tank vapour explosion B4.8 b727 Avianca June 1989 107 casualties B5. Bleve B5.1 Bhopal- g Andrew B5.2 Korea LBG station B5. 3 Kennedy space centre FI USA Jan 28 1986

B5.4 St Auban f Dec 13 1926 B5.6 meldria usa 6 28 1959 B5.5 Rio Dejanerio br Mar 30 1972 B6. Spontaneous ignition B6.1 Hickson and Welch ken Patterson Yule Kato B6.2 Soveso- runaway reaction B6.3 Toulouse 21 September 2001- ware house Polymerization runaway reaction may 1992 Caused blaze at caswell adhesive plant, corby northamptonshire- 15 may 2007 - static electricity