Abstracts from the Fires in Vehicles Conference

Published: 20 October, 2010

Fires in Vehicles, FIVE, is a new international conference covering many aspects of fire safety in vehicles used for transportation of people and goods. The event was created by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Department of Fire Technology in response to a call for dialogue on this important issue from industry and other stakeholders.

FIVE 2010 was held in Gothenburg in Sweden on September 29-30, 2010. With over 200 delegates this event clearly proves the pressing need for an international dialogue in this area. Speakers covered a wide variety of subjects and represented many disciplines. The abstract of the presentations can be read in the PDF below.

Following the success of this conference, the organisers have agreed to make FIVE a bi-annual event. The next conference will take place in USA – FIVE 2012.

Please download the full abstract below

File: Five abstract (2687k)

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