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The devastating potential of familiar products

The devastating potential of familiar products. Fireworks in ISO containers The unseen hazard Jeff Marwood Hazardous Materials Specialist. Aims. To give delegates an awareness of:- Special hazards of explosive materials in ISO containers

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The devastating potential of familiar products

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  1. The devastating potential of familiar products Fireworks in ISO containers The unseen hazard Jeff Marwood Hazardous Materials Specialist www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  2. Aims To give delegates an awareness of:- Special hazards of explosive materials in ISO containers Revised operational guidance for explosive incidents www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  3. Significant Incidents Kolding, Denmark, 2004 1 Fire-fighter killed Enschede, Netherlands, 2000 4 Fire-fighters killed East Sussex, United Kingdom, 2006 2 Fire-fighters killed www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  4. Fireworks and ISO containers www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  5. Professional fireworks and pyrotechnics www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  6. Shock rocket and cement block Used as an improvised incendiary device, (IED), in city centres www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  7. Enschede 2000 Fire in a fireworks factory ISO containers 22 people killed 4 Fire-fighters killed 947 people injured www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  8. Enschede 2000 www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  9. CHAF tests for classification of fireworks www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  10. Fireworks and ISO containers • Operational Key Principle • Explosive hazards • UN classifications are based on the behaviour of the explosive when burnt in their packaging in the open air on a test crib. The same explosive may behave very differently when encountered in ISO containers or when confined by buildings. www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  11. Kolding 2004 Fire in a fireworks factory ISO containers 1 Fire-fighter killed 76 people injured www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  12. Kolding 2004 www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  13. Kolding 2004 www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  14. Cause of explosion • Shock rocket • Dropped during unloading • Faulty rocket motor • Rocket activated • Set fire to fireworks in ISO container • ISO container increased confinement of explosive material and changed the behaviour of 1.3 pyrotechnics in to a 1.1 mass explosion hazard www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  15. East Sussex, England, 2006 Fire in a fireworks factory 20 tonnes of fireworks ISO container 2 Fire-fighters killed www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  16. East Sussex, England, 2006 East Sussex, England, 2006 www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  17. East Sussex, England, 2006 www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  18. Revised operational guidance • Operational Key Principle • Fires that have spread to buildings or areas holding 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 explosives must not be fought • If there is any doubt about whether explosives are involved in fire, the fire should not be fought and all personnel should withdraw to a safe distance Fire-fighter safety is paramount www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

  19. The devastating potential of familiar products Any questions? Fireworks in ISO containers The unseen hazard Jeff Marwood Hazardous Materials Specialist www.kfsd.gov.kw - J.Marwood

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