Cost-Effective Fire Hazard Mitigation
Fire protection engineering is normally understood by its technical appliances like sprinklers, fire alarms, and fire hazard warning signs. Although these tools are extremely effective at reducing risk and dealing with…
Decrypting Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Fire Protection Analysis
Earlier this year, Phil Friday worked with Thunderhead Engineering’s Bryan Klein to pioneer a new IT strategy for running FDS and Smoke View in the Cloud. Thunderhead Engineering developed PyroSim, a graphical user interface…
Enhancing FDS Analysis
New computing architectures allow sophisticated, powerful fire modeling simulations that are crucial for the future of fire safety. However, the computing resources that are needed to use these tools has historically been…
San Antonio Fire Investigation of Idle Plastic Pallet Fire Reveals Code Violations
An August 17th warehouse fire that burned for six hours is being investigated by the San Antonio Fire Department. The fire shot flames and smoke into the air in a warehouse that stored approximately 35,000 plastic pallets.…
What Can A Fire Protection Engineer Do To Help During a Fire Loss Investigation?
Fire protection engineers are a vital asset in fire loss investigations. With a broad range of expertise related to fire dynamics, building construction, codes and standards, and fire protection systems, few are better suited…
Questions Attorneys Should Ask During A Fire Loss Investigation
In cases of fire loss investigation, many questions will come up. For example: What started the fire? Did the fire spread? What materials played a role? Did the fire protection systems work right? Was the building…
Fire Protection Engineers For Lawyers
The difference between winning and losing a fire loss case might hinge upon the scientific principles applied during the investigation. The more complex the issues, the more difficult it can be to demonstrate that scientific…
Forensic Fire Engineering Helps to Understand Harmful Effects of Fire
In regards to forensic fire engineering, FPE Magazine states: “Understanding the harmful effects of fire and the means to protect against them are central to the practice of fire protection engineering. Given this specialized…
Analysis of a Fatal Fire
A fatal fire occurred in a single-family residence. Investigators working for the insurance company performed an analysis subsequent to the fire for the purpose of determining the fire’s cause and the key factors contributing…
Using Forensic Fire Engineering to Investigate Suppression Failures
Forensic Fire Engineering Investigation of the Accidental Discharge and Catastrophic Failure of a Gaseous Fire Suppression System A large telecommunications company utilized high-pressure gaseous fire extinguishing systems to…
The Role of the Fire Protection Engineer in Fire Loss Investigation
By: Phil Friday Introduction More and more, fire protection engineers are called on to act as the primary investigator of fire losses. Fire protection engineers have historically been regarded as special experts, called upon to…