Dalmarnock fire tests

The building, a 23-storey reinforced-concrete tower located at 4 Millerfield Place in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, was scheduled for demolition and hence was empty of tenants.

Tests One and Two took place in identical flats, the main compartment of which had been fitted with regular living room and office furniture, arranged to provide conditions that favour repeatability.

Test Three was a smaller smoke management experiment held in one of the two main emergency exit stairwells.

The tests also form an integral part of the research conducted for the FireGrid research project,[1] that is, the development of emergency control systems that use continuous sensor data and computer modelling, to provide forecast of the fire evolution and aid the efficient deployment of resources.

Dissemination of the findings includes several related journal and conference papers; a one-day seminar introducing the tests and highlighting the analysis and conclusions (Edinburgh, November 2007);[2] and a book detailing the tests and analysis published in November 2007.