[GSBN] Fire case studies

[Tom Woolley]

There was a fire in a hempcrete house in Devon, UK,  last September 

6 pumps attended and it was well ablaze in a lean-to store

However the hempcrete was barely damaged and the house has been declared structurally safe

Tom
]


Tom Woolley
tom.woolley at btconnect.com
www.bevanarchitects.com
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> On 29 May 2018, at 00:09, Bohdan Dorniak <bohdan at bdcoarchitects.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> Regarding further fire testing – here in Aussie we are testing for Bushfire (wildfires) Attack Level (BAL).
> AUSBALE have a fire test on rendered bales that has been translated to English from German.
> It has a 90 minute fire rating.
> Currently this test is being compared to the Australian Standards for testing of materials for bushfires.
> Hopefully should have the results by September this year. If successful this test will comply with the highest level required for wall materials – BAL FZ (this is higher than the previous BAL 29 test)
> Regards
> Bohdan
>  
> From: Gsbn [mailto:gsbn-bounces at sustainablesources.com <mailto:gsbn-bounces at sustainablesources.com>] On Behalf Of David Eisenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2018 7:57 AM
> To: Global Straw Building Network
> Subject: Re: [GSBN] Fire case studies
>  
> Hi Chris and all,
>  
> A long time ago I wrote a few articles for The Last Straw about specific sb fires that had occurred. I can try to dig them up. They are probably in the TLS compilation of issues 1-40, The First Ten Years (1993-2003). (Funny to see the image on that TLS webpage of Volume 1, Number 1 - Winter 1993 — I wrote the cover story, "First Phase of the Testing Program Completed." And wow - 25 years ago!). I have that compilation but have not searched it yet, especially since Bob Theis wrote the attached review of fire testing and experience in 2003, presumably looking at anything documented in TLS by 2003. 
>  
> I'm hoping Bob will chime in here with whatever recollections and additional information he might have.I'm not sure if this was ever updated or if anyone else has done case studies of fires. It might be useful to search the GSBN archives to see what can be found there. 
>  
> I did find this, from the Winter 1996 issue (#13) of TLS - some insights from the wayback machine...
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>  
> David
>  
> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Chris Magwood <chris at endeavourcentre.org <mailto:chris at endeavourcentre.org>> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a researcher who has asked me for information about case studies involving fires in straw bale houses. Has any kind of summary report ever been done? Anybody have any specific cases they could point toward?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> -- 
> Chris Magwood
> Director, Endeavour Centre
> www.endeavourcentre.org <http://www.endeavourcentre.org/>
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