Biofuel heaters and fireplaces have in recent years been introduced for indoor and outdoor
use. Due to their simplicity, they are usually equipped with few or no safety features …

Skin burns due to accidental exposure to hot steam have often been reported to be more
severe than the ones occurring from dry heat. While skin burns due to flames or radiant heat …

As the result of exposed to thermal radiation and fire exposure, skin burn or even worse
injuries are very common for building occupants and fire fighters. To accurately predict their …

The present work analyzes skin burns from spills of hot rice and milk products. The
traditional Norwegian rice porridge serves as an example. By testing spills on objects …

With the increasing need for human safety and health, protective clothing has been
developed as an indispensable equipment in the protection of firefighters against various …

This document aims to describe the problems in current radiant heat source heat flux
calibration techniques and the approach our team took to solve them through automation …