Forensic Engineering Investigation Of The Hurricane Rita Motorcoach Fire
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https://doi.org/10.51501/jotnafe.v29i1.760Keywords:
Forensic engineering, motorcoach design, alternate materials, escape worthiness, standards, regulations, fuel systems, time for safe egress, medical transport, fire resistanceAbstract
A Forensic Engineering Analysis Was Performed Of The Motorcoach Fire That Took The Lives Of3 Houston Area Assisted Living Home Patients As They Were Being Evacuated To The Dallas Area Asurricane Rita Was Approaching The Texas Coast In 2005. The Motorcoach Was Engulfed In Flames Andmoke After A Tag Axle Tire Caught Fire On A Freeway Near Dallas. Our Analysis Included Testing With Extensive Instrumentation On An Exemplar Motorcoach In Order To Determine How The Fire Developed And Entered The Passenger Compartment. Included In The Analysis Was The Contribution To The Fire From The Patients Onboard Oxygen Bottles. The Use Of Alternate Materials Was Tested For Their Effect On The Time For Safe Egress.
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2012-01-01
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Pfenning, Dwight. 2012. “Forensic Engineering Investigation Of The Hurricane Rita Motorcoach Fire”. Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers 29 (1). https://doi.org/10.51501/jotnafe.v29i1.760.
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