A study was performed by Örebro University on behalf of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, where extinguishing agents are studied from an environmental and health perspective. The purpose of the study is to gain more knowledge about the chemicals firefighters and the environment are exposed to from the use of firefighting agents, and if alternative methods results in less harmful by-...Read more...

The purpose of this study has been to present the available extinguishing methods and their "Method Ability" for external extinguishment on building fires. For fire fighters, there is an emphasis on external extinguishing methods before internal to prevent carcinogenic substances from being absorbed into the skin. The study also looks into the effects of using foam to extinguish...Read more...

This report is an analysis that accounts for changes in the materials and designs of cars that can affect the rescue work during operations.

Each year, new models of passenger cars on the Swedish market. Already introduced models can have minor changes in the new model year. In cases where the introduction means changes of material and technical designs, it can affect how a rescue...Read more...

The aim with the study was to investigate the consequences of train crashes on passengers, focusing on factors of importance in the crash and post-crash phases. The specific aims were: (I) to identify the historical development and magnitude of passenger train disasters globally on various continents and countries, (II, III) to identify injury panorama and injury objects in two train crashes...Read more...