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WEDNESDAY 26th JUNE
A
Flame Retardants
Chr: Richard Gann, NIST, USA
B
Performance Based Codes
Chr: Morgan Hurley, SFPE, USA
C
Structural Fire Design
Chr: Barbara Lane, Arup, UK
09.00 An overview of recent environmental and health evaluations of flame retardants featuring the EU ENFIRO project
Adrian Beard and M Klimes, PINFA, Belgium
09.00 Improving the uptake of Fire Safety Performance Standards – The Verifiers Perspective
David Meikle and I Sanderson, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
09.00 Progress on Travelling Fires: Novel Concept for the Structural Design of Large Enclosures
Guillermo Rein, Imperial College, J Stern-Gottfried, A Law, Arup and Y Jiang, P Kotsovinos, M Gillie, A Usmani, University of Edinburgh, UK
09.20 Flame retardants in a sustainable world, recycling WEEE plastics Is a technical and environmental challenge
Lein Tange, P Salemis, EFRA, J van Houwelingen, REWARD, W Hofland, ICL-IP, D Goossens, Albemarle and P Jacobs, Chemtura, Belgium
09.20 Risk And Uncertainty In Current Practice On Structural Design For Fire Safety
Fredrik Nystedt and H Frantzich, Lund University, Sweden
09.20 Limitations of time-equivalence formula for determining fire resistance requirements of buildings
Hans Gerlich, Winstone Wallboards, A Abu, University of Canterbury and C Wade, BRANZ Ltd, New Zealand
09.40 Toxicity And Thermal Stability Of Brominated And Halogen Free Flame Retardants In Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Poly(Butylene Terephthalate)
Michael Delichatsios, A Ramani, J Zhang, M Suzanne and S Ukleja, Univ of Ulster, UK
09.40 The VULCAN INITIATIVE: a web platform for the next generation of performance-based fire protection design
Alberto Alvarez, M Ferreira and B Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
09.40 CLT Contribution to Compartment Fires
George Hadjisophocleous, C McGregor and S Craft, Carleton University, Canada
10.00 New Flame Retardant Solutions For Textile Coating
Sieghard Goebelbecker, R Borms, R Stenekes, ICL-IP Europe, The Netherlands and E Rapaport, O Mizrahi, I Shalev, ICL-IP, Israel
10.00 Fire Loss Statistical Considerations in Relating Failure and Building Damage to Building Code Objectives
Peter Senez, K Calder and H Li, Sereca Fire Consulting Ltd, Canada
10.00 Fire Resistance Of Timber Constructions – Evaluation Of Improved Design Models
Martin Teibinger, Holzforschung Austria, Austria
10.20 Composites in Fire: Fire Behaviour Tailored for Different Applications
Bernhard Schartel, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany

10.20 Discussion

10.20

Application Of Structural Fire Safety Engineering To A Gymnasium: A Comparative Study
Nicolas Henneton, C Renaud and B Zhao, CTICM, France
10.40 Discussion 10.40 Break 10.40 Discussion
11.00 Break
B
Fire Service
Chr:
Stefan Svensson, Lund Univ, Sweden
11.00 Break
A
Flame Retardants
Chr:
Margaret Simonson McNamee, SP Sweden
11.10 Stochastic Operation Time Modelling Of Rescue Situations
Terhi Kling, T Rinne, J Vaari and S Hostikka, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
C
Fire Investigation
Chr:
Samuel Manzello, NIST, USA
11.30 Polyallylamine-Montmorillonite as Super Flame Retardant Coating Assemblies by Layer-by Layer Deposition on Polyamide
Kadir Apaydin, A Laachachi, V Ball, V Toniazzo, D Ruch Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, and M Jimenez, S Bourbigot, ENSCL, France
11.30 Simulating The Rescue Service Response In A Railway Tanker Fire
Simo Hostikka, T Kling, J Vaari, T Rinne, VTT and J Ketola,
Emergency Services College, Finland

11.30 Arc Breakdown In Air Over Very Small Gap Distances
Vyto Babrauskas, FSTI, USA
11.50 New Modification of Sodium Montmorillonite Using Ammonium Phosphate Monobasic and Its Application as Fire Retardant for High Density Polyethylene
Aksam Mohamed, M Hassan, M Nou, National Institute for Standards and I El-sayed, Menoufia University, Egypt
11.50 Simulation Of Fire Development And Spread In Japanese-Style Rooms Under Different Ventilation Conditions
Masakatsu Honma, T Otake, H Miyamoto, K Okamoto and N Watanabe, National Research Institute of Police Science, Japan
11.50 Evaluating Electrical Receptacle Fires
Matt Benfer, D Gottuk and C Beyler, Hughes Asscs, USA
12.10 New Class Of Brominated Polymeric Flame Retardants For Use In Polystyrene Foams
Christine Lukas, Dow Chemical Company UK Limited,H Hollnagel, I Beulich, Dow Europe GmbH, Switzerland, J.C Bloom, M Beach, JW. Davis, J Hull, B King S Kram, T Morgan, B Stobby, The Dow Chemical Company, USA

12.10 Post-Use Analysis Of Firefighter Turnout Gear
Elizabeth Easter, M Cinnamon, S Trenkamp (Klausing), D Cotterill,
University of Kentucky, USA

12.10 A study of Electrical Fire Data in Kent and Medway, Tom Cockcroft, R Bryant, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
12.30
Lunch
13.45
A
Thermal Insulation
Chr:
Patrick van Hees, Lund University, Sweden
B
Natural Disasters
Chr:Charles Fleischmann
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
C
Fire Invesitgation cont/
Chr:
Vyto Babrauskas, FSTI, USA
14.30 Fire Testing of ETICS a comparative study
Birgitte Messerschmidt, Rockwool International, Denmark
14.30 Post-earthquake Fire Safety of Historic Buildings in Densely-built Urban Area of Kyoto, Japan
Keisuke Himoto and T Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan
14.30 Contribution to the Investigation of the Fire in an Avalanche Cover and Train set at Hallingskeid Railway Station, June 2011
Anne Steen-Hansen, S Fjær, C Sesseng, K Storesund, SINTEF, Norway
14.50 The Impact of Real Building Fire Scenarios on Insurer Certified PIR (Polyisocyanurate) Core Steel Faced Insulated Sandwich Panels.
Mostyn Bullock, Tenos Ltd and M Harris, Kingspan Limited, UK
14.50 Fire Performance of Earthquake-Damaged Buildings: Overview and Preliminary Analysis of Full-Building Earthquake and Fire Tests
Jin Kyung Kim, H Park and B Meacham, WPI, USA
14.50 Outcomes And Lessons Learned From The Major Investigation of The Lakanal Fire In London UK
Peter Mansi , Fire Investigations UK LLP, UK
15.10 Facades– Fire Safety Aspects in the Context of Increasing Use of Thermal Insulation
Edith Antonatus, BASF, Germany
15.10 Firebrands Generated from a Full-Scale Structure Burning UnderAn Applied Wind Field
Sam Manzello, S Suzuki, NIST, USA and J Suzuki, Y Hayashi, Building Research Institute, JAPAN
15.10 Investigation of the Fire in Atherstone-on-Stour UK Using Reconstruction and Fire Modelling
David Crowder, BRE, UK
15.30
Discussion
15.45
CONFERENCE CLOSING SESSION - Bjorn Sundstrom, SP, Swden
16.00
REFRESHMENT AND DEPART

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