Dalmarnock tests

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The Dalmarnock Fire Tests were a series of fire experiments conducted in a real high-rise building.

In 2006, the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with BBC Horizon and other partners, conducted a series of large scale fire tests in a real high rise building. The building, a 22-storey concrete tower, is located at 4 Millerfield Place, Dalmarnock, Glasgow (UK). The building was evacuated of tenants and scheduled for demolition. The experiments took place on July 25 and 26, 2006 with the close collaboration of the Strathclyde Fire Brigade.

These experiments attempted to create realistic scenario in which modern fire safety engineering tools of all natures could be put to a test, thus improving understanding of how emergencies of this nature can be handled in a most effective manner.

The Dalmarnock experiments aim at understanding fire dynamics in real buildings, the interaction with different ventilation schemes and the effect of fire on the structure. The enclosure was fully monitored with hundred of sensors, following the philosophy of the FireGrid project: continuous data collection from sensors with instantaneous relay to an emergency control system.