CSFP Research Studies




  • Fire Logic 
  • Travelling Fires
  • Context
  • De-coding
  • Contexts
  • Processes
  • Signatures
  • Behavior
  • Potentials
  • Dynamics
  • Hazards
  • Solutions
  • Triggers
  • Escalation
  • Mechanism
  • Counter-measures
  • Heat transfers
  • Pyrolysis



WE CAN CREATE AWARENESS:

Once we have learnt something, we can unlearn it.
But once we have understood it, we cannot unlearn it.

  • Teach & Demonstrate

    from the countless scientifically repeatable experiments in our studies, we develop extremely effective and sustainable training opportunities in 


    FIREPHYSICS & ADVANCED FIRE DYNAMICS. 


    these are already being used as a fire service training module for training cadres & officers.



  • Development

    the knowledge gained from our studies is already being used in various feasibility studies, developments, plans and conversions of training environments and is also opening up new possibilities for experimental analysis in the field of structural fire protection.

  • Implementation

    the implementation of data and procedures gained from basic research in the form of situation-adapted progressive & dynamic teaching content in current firefighting training and education is part of a separate CSFP research study VII.

STUDY V

thermal logic, main and secondary thermal flows, fire dynamics and ventilation conditions in active isolated basement -like fire areas and the determining propagation factors (thermal logic)
active partial research study V

Simulation Kellerbrand

in cooperation with the zurich building insurance company, we are investigating underventilated primary and secondary fires in complex multi-storey cellar and building geometries for their hazard potential for intervention forces, we are recording a large number of interacting fire phenomena and dynamics and documenting their effects on the further course of the fire and the forces and materials used in the interior attack.


the extensive thermal effects on a burning cellar system are just as much a part of this study as the recognition and identification of thermal logics in the areas of fire propagation and thermal distribution.


the GVZ instructor training education 2024 will be one of the outcomes of this study programme. 

STUDIE 2

thermal chemical/physical fire phenomena & hazards in active isolated fire areas and the effect of propagation factors (thermal system transitions - thermal logic)
active research study II (2022-23) preparatory research study III & IV (2024-25)

Simulation Gefahrenpotential

in collaboration with FIRE AND RESCUE THUN, we are investigating under-ventilating primary and secondary fires in complex multi-storey cellar and building geometries for their hazard potential for intervention forces, we are recording a large number of interacting fire phenomena and dynamics and documenting their effects on the further course of the fire and the forces and materials used in the interior attack.


the thermal effects of redirecting the flow of thermally processed smoke and pyrolysis gases through central stairwells is also part of this study, as are detailed measurements on volunteer FF personel to record personal exposure to thermal stress.

STUDY Ib

interior attacks & effectiveness of smoke gas cooling for active basement fires in confined spaces
completed research study

Simulation Gefahrenpotential

in cooperation with the luzern fire inspectorate, we investigate the effectiveness of standard extinguishing attacks and procedures for primary and secondary fires in complex basements and building geometries and document their possibilities as well as their limitations and identify possible sources of danger and signatures.

STUDIE IA

thermal room fire heat transfer mechanism and its further effects on already active and activatable fire loads
completed research study

Simulation Gefahrenpotential

in cooperation with the LUZERN FIRE BRIGADE INSPECTORATE and FIRE AND RESCUE THUN, we are investigating thermal and thermodynamic room charges in primary fires in long, complex basement and corridor geometries with extensively distributed activatable fire loads - the influence of various active or passive impulses will also be investigated.