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9 March 2016 | By SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
FIVE will bring together scientists, regulators, test engineers, industry, suppliers, insurance companies and other organizations from the diverse field of transportation to discuss important fire issues....
24 October 2014 | By Fredrik Rosén and Joey Peoples from the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Bus transportation is regarded as one of the safest modes of public transportation. Millions of passengers ride safely every day to and from work, school and for pleasure. The manufacturers and operators of buses have gone to great lengths to establish and maintain this safety record. However, a bus fire…
In our latest free-to-view Safety & Security supplement, fire researchers from the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden assess the dangers of fires breaking-out on-board buses; James Kelly from the BSIA takes a look at the importance of CCTV in the industry; David Roney from the British Transport Police tells…
12 August 2013 | By SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
SP have developed a new fire test standard...
3 July 2013 | By Roger Vahnberg, Vice President, Vasttrafik
Public transport is an important prerequisite for creating growth that will in turn make West Sweden, with Gothenburg at its heart, an attractive, sustainable and growing region – both now and in the future. In an interview for Intelligent Transport, Roger Vahnberg, Senior Vice President at Västtrafik – the public…
22 January 2013 | By Jonas Brandt, Project Manager, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
This is the second and final part of an article to provide a background look at bus fires and to underline the importance of automatic fire suppression systems for buses and coaches. Bus and coach1 fires are a common issue in society. Given the fact that most fires start in…
7 December 2012 | By Anders Lönnermark, SP
Congested roads and railways render underground transport systems more popular...
31 October 2012 | By Jonas Brandt, Project Manager, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
This is the first of two articles to provide a background look at bus fires and to underline the importance of automatic fire suppression systems for buses and coaches. About 1% of all buses suffer some form of fire incident each year. Most of these fires occur in the vehicle’s…
9 October 2012 | By SP
New standard for fire suppression systems developed...
3 January 2012 | By Haukur Ingason, Professor of Fire Protection Engineering at the Department of Fire Technology at SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden and Anders Lönnermark, Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Fire Technology at SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
In September 2011, the Swedish METRO project finalised a large scale test programme in an abandoned railway tunnel. The objective of the METRO project is to improve safety in underground metro systems and to explore differences in the fire behaviour of the carriage using different types of interior materials. Further,…
15 February 2008 | By Dr. Haukur Ingason, Fire Protection Researcher, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Fire incidents in trains can be divided into two main groups: those we can manage and those we cannot. For example, if a burning train comes to a stop inside a tunnel, the situation may become very difficult to manage, both for the tunnel operators and fire services. Such scenarios…
