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The Lithium Ion Episode - Episode 36
01/05/2025

The Lithium Ion Episode - Episode 36

Lithium Ion fires are a genuine challenge for fire services around the world. The have introduced a range of new problems. Problems that do not yet have many...

Episode 11 - Magnesium
13/11/2024

Episode 11 - Magnesium

Magnesium doesn't play by the same rules as most fires.. here's why..

Episode 10 - Smoke
13/11/2024

Episode 10 - Smoke

Apologies for the spelling mistakes! I'll check more thoroughly in future! It's spelled and pronounced Formaldehyde.An introduction to smoke and how firefigh...

Episode 9 - Flashover
13/11/2024

Episode 9 - Flashover

An introduction to Flashover. This video combines many of the elements that have been discussed so far in the series and combines them in one event.

Episode 8 - water
13/11/2024

Episode 8 - water

By understanding how water works to extinguish fires firefighters can use their water almost 6 times more effectively. This video takes a quick look at water...

Episode 7 - Flammability range
13/11/2024

Episode 7 - Flammability range

Just because something is flammable it doesn't mean that it is flammable all of the time. This is an introduction to flammability ranges.

Episode 6 - Flame types
13/11/2024

Episode 6 - Flame types

A short and simple introduction to flame types

Episode 5 - Heat transfer
13/11/2024

Episode 5 - Heat transfer

Understanding heat transfer is one of the first steps to understanding fire behaviour. This is a short introduction to conduction, convection and radiation.

Episode 4 - spontaneous combustion
13/11/2024

Episode 4 - spontaneous combustion

Bruce Springsteen said that you can't start a fire without a spark.. Well.. I beg to differ..

Episode 3 - Combustion
13/11/2024

Episode 3 - Combustion

Have you ever wondered why some fires create smoke and others don't? It's all explained here.EDIT: I probably should have used a premixed flame as the exampl...

Episode 2 - Pyrolysis
13/11/2024

Episode 2 - Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis is a fundamental part of understanding fire dynamics and fire behaviour. This short video covers the basics of pyrolysis and incomplete combustion.

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