Vehicle Fluid Flammability tests FIRE & ARSON INVESTIGATOR,JULY 2005–page 47
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Babrauskas-Ignition Handbook-Page 882
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Downloaded today from Washington University site: Motor Vehicle Fire Investigation course where they said about the engine cooling: Cooling occurs within minutes of shutdown Tests have shown hot surfaces can cool down as much as 400 degrees F within 3 minutes of the vehicle being brought to a stop and the engine being shut off [13]. The hotter the surface, the faster the expected rate of co
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How long does it take for an engine (including exhaust & Catalytic converter) to cool down below the auto-ignition temperature of Gasoline and other vehicle fluids (after driving for 30 minutes at 30mph?)
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Another Photo
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Dashboard remains
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Thank you Rick for your clarifications and sorry for the delay I was in Spain last week.
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Thank you Allan for your reply
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Dear All, appreciate your answer to the following question: While the below recall concerns the possible fracturing of the airbag wiring connection...The Insurance lawyer is pretending that fractured cables are power cables Therefore they might cause, in certain circumstances, a short-circuit leading to a fire... COULD THIS PROBLEM CAUSE A FIRE?????? Make: LAND ROVER Model: RANGE ROVER SPOR
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This is a very old case dated from May 2007 but still in the courts between Insurance co. and Land rover local agent. the car was UK made, 17500 km under warranty, no problems except for radio buttons on steering wheel repaired 3 weeks before the fire together with brake pads replacement. The car was parked in the second basement of a bldg. around 8:30 PM...the janitor checked the parking a
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In 2014, the explosion was caused by an excess of carbide put in a sanitary sewer.An unidentified man had put the material in the sewer in a bid to fix it, but the carbide exploded and caused great damage to a nearby building. Sorry for that late
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Fire Investigator
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I am using (PC Inspector File Recovery) on my Desktop Windows7- and (FAST FILE RECOVERY 2.1) on my Laptop WindowsXP. Both softwares are free of charges. You won't be able to recover any file if you formatted the drive. Good Luck
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Happy New Year and thank you ALL for your support
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The candle burns faster if the melted wax is dropped away from the candle wick.
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"It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to convict one innocent" (Voltaire)
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Chris, Not only they do themselves the O & C but even when they appoint a Fire Investigator they try to bypass him and reject his report if it is not in their own benefit. They will never learn the lesson because even if they lose a case they win many others. I am following a case right now in the courts and I am confronting the Loss Adjuster who appointed me for the O & C. Becau
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Facing the same problem in Lebanon too, but here the purpose for doing O & C is not to cover the damages,they reduce the cost and do not sign checks...
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In our war against fire it is possible to win battles, but this war never ends. There will always be another fire...another bin laden. Did you read hislast will(written in 2001)... it is very clear that his death will be a begining not the end.
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NFPA-TASK GROUP ON SMOKE DETECTION FOLLOW-UP REPORT-July 1, 2009
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1-Fire test comparisons of smoke detector response times by James Qualey (SIMPLEX) 2-Evaluation of smoke detector response estimation method by Justin Geiman & Daniel Gottuk (Journal of Fire Protection Engineering) need your e-mail to send them in pdf.
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Here is the link for Goodson Engineering publications
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LIGHTNING INDUCED CSST FIRES www.goodsonengineering.com/.../p379%20Goodson%20TB1140.pdf
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35% Hydrogen Peroxide is used in municipal water supplies instead of chlorine to disinfect and stop the growth of unwanted organisms. In Laundries and for bleaching in the wood, pulp, paper and textile industry...
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Up to my knowledge, 35% concentration is enough to sustain a self-combustion (reaction).
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Do you know what was the concentration of Hydrogen peroxide? if it was 30% or more then your ignition source is a reaction between Hydrogen Peroxide and organic materials. Depending on the concentration and other factors such reaction may take several hours or even several days. Based on your information, I do not find any other explanation for this fire. Good luck
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Contact of hydrogen peroxide (30%-50% concentration) with Organic materials can lead to fires and explosions. Have investigated couple of years ago a huge fire due to the spill of Hydrogen Peroxide (50%) on wooden pallets. You can find very interesting NTSB reports about fire incidents involving aircrafts carrying undeclared Hydrogen Peroxide of 30% concentration... The following article co
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all
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The explosion occured 3 hours after closing the warehouse. Consequently I have two scenarios for the spontaneous combustion:1) caused by a smoldering fire. 2) caused by a water leakage or because of moisture.
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