Human resources
Academics, designers and engineers locked heads at a recent workshop to discuss how to better co-ordinate research on human behaviour in fire. FP&FEJ reports.
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Hazard spotting
Russ Timpson describes how BAA plc is using hazard and operability techniques to quantify fire risk within its airport terminals and other buildings.
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Flight simulation
Dr Fuchen Jia, Dr Mayer Patel and Professor Edwin Galea explain how advanced fire models were used to unravel the secrets of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed off the coast of Canada in 1998.
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Safer skies
Graham Greene provides a summary of recent and ongoing international aviation research to improve occupant survivability in aircraft fires.
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Air cover
Shane Fox explains the benefits of using simulators to train airport fire service personnel.
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Aviation answers
The practical issues that airport fire and rescue services face were discussed at Aviation Safety 2003 on 10-11 September 2003.
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All at sea?
Mervyn Kettle outlines current moves to ensure that fire brigades can respond effectively to fires on ships around the UK coast.
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Plain sailing
Martin Shipp reports from Fire on Ships, an international conference on fire prevention, detection and control on ships and offshore structures.
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Shaping ship design
Andrew Grenier reports on the growing use of fire engineering in developing alternative fire safety designs for ships.
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Floating assets
The development of ship evacuation models and how they fit in with maritime safety rules were discussed at a recent evacuation conference.
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Road rules
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reports on plans to introduce a new Directive covering safety in tunnels on the European road network.
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Driven to distraction?
Despite its good intentions, the proposed new Directive on safety in road tunnels fails to address some fundamental issues, says Les Fielding.
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Track record
James and John Carter outline the stringent tests and procedures used to ensure that only fire-safe materials are used on the London Underground transport network.
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