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Experimental study on flame spread characteristics over discrete U-shaped building insulation foam and the fire blocking mechanism of fire barrier

Yanqiu Chen, Xiansheng Guo, Jiwei Zhang, Yi Zhao et al.

The exterior walls of buildings are often clad with thermal insulation layers to achieve energy efficiency. However, these thermal insulation materials can be ignited in actual fires.The fire barrier width is an important parameter in fire protection design of building facade. The width that can cut off the flame spread in a planar structure may not be still effective in blocki…

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Fire Safety Journal·2026Open access
Analysis of Advanced Incident Commander Competencies Using VR Fireground Simulation: Quantitative–Qualitative Evidence from South Korea

Jinchan Park, Minho Baek

This study evaluates senior fire officers serving as Advanced Incident Commanders (AICs)—the on-scene incident commanders on the fireground—during a high-fidelity certification exercise to identify critical gaps in incident command skills. Thirty-four candidates managed complex fire scenarios while evaluators scored proficiency across 37 sub-competencies. Using a mixed-methods …

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Fire Safety Journal·2026Open access
Fire incidents involving photovoltaic systems – An analysis of different national statistics

Nik Rus, Axel Mossberg, Vincenzo Puccia, Cecilia Wetterqvist et al.

With the increasing number of PV installations, reported PV-related fire incidents are receiving greater attention, although their quantification depends strongly on how such events are recorded. To manage fire safety risks in PV systems effectively, accurate statistics on the probability and consequences of these incidents are essential. National statistics from the UK, Italy,…

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Fire Safety Journal·2026Open access
A Systems Thinking and Graph-Theoretic approach to balancing fire safety and sustainability in building design

Julio Ariel Dueñas Santana, Ruben Van Coile, Almerinda Di Benedetto, Ernesto Salzano

Fire Safety Engineering is challenged by the need to reconcile life-safety objectives with sustainability goals in building design. Sustainability-oriented measures that reduce embodied carbon and operational energy demand may also modify fire engineering characteristics, such as fire load, material combustibility, and operational complexity. Conventional fire safety methods do…

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Fire Safety Journal·2026Open access
Calculation of test load and load utilization of steel reinforced concrete columns in fire tests

Tim Neugum, Ludwig Stelzner, Dustin Häßler, Jochen Zehfuß et al.

Calculating the test load is a key aspect of conducting column fire tests. The level of applied load affects the load-bearing and deformation behavior as well as the failure time of the structural element in a fire test. Therefore, the test load also influences the fire resistance classification of steel reinforced concrete columns. A literature review shows that there are sign…

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Flammability and toxic gas emissions from the thermal decomposition of insecticides: assessing fire and environmental safety

Jan Przybysz, Monika Borucka, Agnieszka Gajek, Kamila Mizera

The aim of the study was to assess the flammability properties and characterise the toxic gas emissions generated during the thermal decomposition of selected insecticides containing the active substances cypermethrin, pirimicarb and flonicamid. The tests included measurements of the reaction to heat using a cone calorimeter (ISO 5660) and analysis of combustion products in a t…

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Surface radiation measurement in turbulent diffusion flames

Jonathan L. Hodges, Ankit Sharma, Graham Knapp

Quantifying heat transfer from flames to adjacent surfaces is critical for accurate fire growth predictions and assessing potential fire hazards. Total surface heat flux includes contributions from both convection and radiation, but separating these components experimentally is challenging. This study presents an evaluation of three independent methods for separating heat trans…

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