When Audible Warning Alarms Cause Injury
In this webinar, Hawkins’ Managing Director of Acoustics, Ros Lambert-Porter, will define the characteristics of effective audible alarms and where they might fail, and how these failures can lead to catastrophic outcomes.
Understanding Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
In this presentation, Principal Acoustics Consultant Dr Andrew Peplow provides a comprehensive understanding of HAVS, including its causes and symptoms.
Pedestrian Protection Through Vehicle Design
In this webinar, Road Traffic Collision Investigator, Adam Barrow provides an overview of the development of pedestrian protection measures in vehicle design.
Investigation of Electric Shock Injuries
Electrical Engineer Richard Heath will review the basic concepts of electric shocks, how they occur, and how electric shock personal injury cases are investigated.
Get a Grip: The Investigation of Pedestrian Slips & Falls
Personal Injury Expert Dr Paul Lemon will look at the methods that should be used to investigate slipping incidents, and will consider the many pitfalls that can lead to incomplete or inaccurate slipping incident investigations.
Illicit Cultivation & Processing of Cannabis
Ian will discuss methods used during the illicit cultivation of cannabis plants and subsequent processing of the crop and how such activities can lead to extensive property damage and danger to life.
Major Loss Fires
Dr Richard Fletcher will discuss a case study on the investigation into the cause of a fire several years ago. The extensive building was severely damaged, and a significant portion had collapsed.
The Forensic Examination of Photovoltaic Systems
Join Forensic Fire Investigator, Nick Carey, as he explains the basics of photovoltaic installations, the electrical safety risks of fires scenes involving them, and typical faults/damage which can lead to fires or other failures.
Part 2: Factors Affecting Self-Heating & Self-Heating to Ignition
Martin will be sharing details of real cases and looking at how science provides clues into this fascinating subject, including how different processes lead to devastating fires in commercial laundries and hay barns, as well as fires in domestic properties which can often caused be by tumble dryers.
Part 1: The Myth of Spontaneous Human Combustion & The Science of Self-Heating
Dr Andrew Moncrieff will look at the age‑old idea of spontaneous human combustion, and explore the reasons why a human body might suddenly burst into flames with no outside influences.