Programme FIVE 2027
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Day 1 - 5 April 2027
08:30 Registration
09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:20 Keynote Session
Wojciech Wegrzynski, Building Research Institute (ITB), Warsaw, Poland
09:50 Parking garages
09:50-10:10
Fire Hazards in Sprinkler Protected Open Parking Garages: Full-Scale Experiments
Lei Jiang1, Kemal Sarp Arsava2, Amanda Kimball3, Anders Lönnermark4, Tian Li1
1RISE Fire research, Norway
2Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
3Fire Protection Research Foundation, USA
4RISE Sweden
10:10-10:30
Thermal Environment during Full-Scale Battery Electric Vehicle Fire Experiments
Václav Vystrčil1,2, Lucie Hasalová1, Jan Karl1, Pavel Thin2, Tomáš Kopec3
1Technical Institute of Fire Protection, Prague, Czech Republic
2VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
3Industry researcher
10:30 Coffee Break
11:10 Alternative fuels risk mitigation
11:10-11:30
Thermal assessment of impingin gas jet fires in alternative fuel vehicle refueling infrastructure
Borja Rengel, Virginie Dréan, Eric Guillaume
Efectis France, Saint Aubin, France
11:30-11:50
Managing battery fire risk in electric vehicles - evidence-based assessment and mitigation strategies through the battery lifecycle
Sigurjon Ingolfsson1, Ruth Wong2, Ben Smith3, Luke Pascoe3
1Arup, Copenhagen, Denmark
2Arup, Singapore
3Arup, Melbourne Australia
11:50-12:10
A Proven Safety Framework for Mitigating Thermal Runaway Risk from Damaged EVs in Salvage and Storage
Emma Sutcliffe
EV FireSafe, Australia
12:10-12:30
Experimental and numerical evaluation of the fire behavior of a Type V high pressure hydrogen cylinder during a full-scale bonfire
Virginie Dréan, Roman Chiva, Laurent Paris, Borja Rengel, Pauline Dias Lopes, Jérémy Colombiano, Eric Guillaume
Efectis France, Saint Aubin, France
12:30 Lunch
13:40 Trains and e-bikes
13:40-14:00 Bridging the Safety Gap: Applying Stationary BESS Fire and Explosion Lessons to Battery-Electric Passenger Rail
Anil Kapahi
Jensen Hughes, USA
14:00-14:20
Railcar Fires – CFD Investigation of the Potential of E-Bikes to Cause Flashover
Kusha Oza, Matthew Bilson
WSP, USA
14:20-14:40
Fire tests of e-bikes in bike parkings
Nils Rosmuller, Ruud van Liempd and Linda Wolfs
Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid, The Netherlands
14:40 Coffee Break
15:20 Electric trucks and buses
15:20-15:40
Numerical modelling of battery electric buses in an enclosed vehicular facility
Nour Elsagan, Ahmed M. Ali, Yoon Ko, Islam Gomaa
Construction Research Centre- National Research Council, Canada
15:40-16:00
Battery Fires in Heavy Good Vehicles: A Modular Test Stand at BAM
Hannes Soderer, Tobias Gleim
BAM (German Federal Institute of Material Research and Testing), Germany
16:00-16:20
Full-Scale Fire Testing of Battery Electric Buses: Thermal Source Terms, Emissions Characterization and Influence of Fire Initiation Scenario
Benjamin Truchot, Caroline Gaya and Amandine Lecocq
INERIS, France
16:20 Poster Session
17:00 Cocktail Reception
18:00 World of Volvo
Day 2 - 6 April 2027
08:30 Welcome day 2
08:40 Keynote Session
Szilvi Kiss, The Association of European Vehicle Logistics ECG, Brussels
09:10 Incidents and response
09:10-09:30
EV Incidents in Practice: Lessons from Prevention, Response and Recovery
Roy Ummenthum
Fire Service Netherlands (Brandweer Nederland), Netherlands
09:30-09:50
Evidence-Based Recommendations for Electric Vehicle Fire Incident Response
Christian A. Vogt, Nathaniel G. Sauer, Adam M. Barowy
UL Research Institutes, United States of America
09:50-10:10
Wastewater management and treatment methodology after extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires in electric vehicles
Lucie Pokorná¹, Marek Martinec¹, Petra Najmanová², Barbora Štěpánová², Jan Karl³, Pavel Thin4, Jan Bindzar1
¹Faculty of Environmental Protection, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic,
2DEKONTA, Czech Republic
3Technical Institute of Fire Protection, Prague, Czech Republic
4VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
10:10 Coffee Break
10:50 Fire Development
10:50-11:10
Experimental research into the use of UHP-extinguishing systems for e-truck battery fires
Tom Hessels, Henk Brans, Nils Rosmuller
Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid, The Netherlands
11:10-11:30
Thermal Runaway and Fire Suppression for Portable Lithium-ion Batteries in An Aircraft Cargo Compartment
Byoungchul Kwon, Vinay Premnath, Judith A. Jeevarajan
Electrochemical Safety Research Institute, UL Research Institutes, USA
11:30-11:50
Estimation of Total Heat Energy Released During Thermally-Induced Failure of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Mohammed Almheiri, Ricky Carvel
University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, Edinburgh Fire Research Centre, Edinburgh UK