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A Fire Analysis Tool Revisited – Acoustic Soot Agglomeration in Residential Smoke Alarms.

By ChristinePosted on January 7, 2004Posted in NFPA 921, Patrick Kennedy, ResearchTagged Acoustic Soot Agglomeration, Fire Alarms, Fire Investigation, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Detector

P. Kennedy, K. Kennedy, G. Gorbett, 2004 Acoustic Soot Agglomeration, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Detector, Fire Investigation, Fire Alarms, This paper produces additional research particularly focusing on the production of acoustic soot agglomeration patterns in both ionization and photo-electric single station residential smoke alarms. Producing new test data, and combining that with previously reported data, this […]

Depth of Calcination Measurement In Fire Origin Analysis

By ChristinePosted on January 7, 2003Posted in NFPA 921, Patrick Kennedy, ResearchTagged Calcination, Fire Investigation, Fire Patterns, Fire Science

P. Kennedy, K. Kennedy & R. Hopkins, 2003 Fire Patterns, Fire Investigation, Fire Science, Calcination, Fire Investigation Techniques This is a report on a research project into the practical use of measurements of depth of calcination of room-fire exposed gypsum wallboard, under actual fire scene investigation conditions, to discover and illustrate movement and intensity fire […]

USFA Burn Pattern Tests

By ChristinePosted on January 7, 1997Posted in Patrick Kennedy, ResearchTagged Accelerant, Fire Behavior, Fire Origin, Fire Patterns, Flashover, Full Scale Burns

W. Alletto, R. Corry, J. Herndon, P. Kennedy, J. Ward, J. Shanley, 1997 Fire Patterns, Fire Behavior, Full Scale Burns, Fire Origin, Flashover, Accelerant. The first Scientific study into the formation, growth, nature and investigative analysis of post-fire patterns.

Flashpoint and Fire Analysis

By ChristinePosted on January 7, 1990Posted in NFPA 921, Patrick Kennedy, ResearchTagged Fire Litigation, Fire Testing, Flash Point, Materials Science

P. Kennedy, 1990 Flash Point, Materials Science, Fire Testing, Fire Litigation Many times the flashpoint of an ignitable liquid fuel is a key consideration in fire case litigation. When fuel flammability characteristics become the main issue at the heart of litigation “materials science” comes into play. Few practitioners in the theoretical sciences posses sufficient practical […]