BiTP - Safety & Fire Technology

Table of contents

Research and development

14

The electrostatic properties of plastic pipes in relation to ignition risk – testing, assessment and elimination

26

Determining the forest fire risk in military training areas

38

Critical places regarding fire insulation of glazed curtain walls test specimens

52

The usability of a ocmputational model of a single transverse frame in the fire resistance assessment of an entire steel hall

research and development

68

An evacuation model using cellular automata

Humanities and social sciences in the context of safety

80

War and peace – polemological dilemmas

88

Firesetters – psychological profile

RESCUE AND DISASTER MEDICINE

102

The state of knowledge of qualified first aid among firefighters of the national and volunteer fire service

112

The basic elements of medical safety and the functioning of the medical component of the State Fire Service during the 2016 World Youth Days in Krakow

FIRE ENGINEERING

130

The smoke ventilation of car parks – solutions to controversial issues based on the case studies

142

Stairwell smoke exhaust ventilation systems– advantages and limits of applied technical solutions

154

The impact of the fire source location on fire development in a large-space steel commercial building

CERTIFICATION, TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

170

Support system for Fire Protection Units – needs, potential, changes in terms of user requirements for firefighting vehicles

CASE STUDY – ANALYSIS OF ACTUAL EVENTS

192

Risk assessment at the workplace of steel fixer – concrete placer in companies producing goods for the construction industry – case study

199

The use of laser scanning technology and infrared thermography to survey a tunnel and its fire protection devices