- Author
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Marlair, G.
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Simonson, M.
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Gann, R. G.
- Title
- Environmental Concerns of Fires: Facts, Figures, Questions and New Challenges for the Future.
- Coporate
- INERIS, France
SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Boras, Sweden
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Volume 1,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 1. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Edinburgh, Scotland,
325-337 p.,
2004
- Keywords
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fire science
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fire safety
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environmental effects
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case histories
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fire plumes
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water
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emissions
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containment
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foam extinguishing systems
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halons
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flame retardants
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regulations
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standardization
- Identifiers
- fire zone; fire plume zone; organic pollutants; Sandoz fire legacy: Sandoz warehouse in Schweizerhalle near Basel, Switzerland, November 1, 1986; selection of important case histories with established environmental outcomes; Sulphur fire at Somerset West (Western Cape Province in Sough Africa, December 1995); Sherwin Williams Paint Warehouse fire, Dayton, Ohio, May 27, 1987; plume deposition zone; water runoff zone; halon 1301 and some commercial alternatives: environmental parameters; water containement basins; Stockholm Convention onPersistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); UN Convention on the Transboundary effects of industrial accidents; BS 7982; ISO TC92 SC3
- Abstract
- The effect of fires on the environment has been increasingly in the public eye since the chemical warehouse accident in the Sandoz facility in Schweizerhalle in November 1986. This paper presents a discussion of this accident together with a representative sample of other environmentally important case studies related to fires. Modes of interaction with the environment and potential transfer mechanisms are discussed. The impact of fire effluents in both the short and long terms and activities on the quantification of the environmental effect of fires are also presented. Some of the current environmental debates that are interacting withfire prevention and fire fire fighting techniques are also discussed, outlining challenging remaining issues. Finally, insight on international action in response to these incidents and related standardisation activities under progress is presented.