Causes, consequences and prevention of refrigeration fires in residential dwellings
- Submitting institution
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London South Bank University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 263039
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.firesaf.2018.11.001
- Title of journal
- Fire Safety Journal
- Article number
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- First page
- 66
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0379-7112
- Open access status
- Access exception
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711217305167
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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C - The London Centre for Energy Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper identifies, for the first time, the specific failure modes and key role of plastics in promoting fire spread in domestic refrigeration fires, resulting in significantly higher levels of damage and casualties occurring in the UK compared with USA, due to differences in construction and regulation (research featured in ITV News report 23/06/2017 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7120504/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 and NY Times article 26/06/2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/business/arconic-grenfell-tower-london-fire.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share). Based upon this research, supported by London Fire Brigade, Mick Beasley gained his PhD with LSBU in 2019. Through membership of BSI committee for BS EN 60335-2-24 the findings were used to improve the fire safety of refrigeration appliances.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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