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Aug 24, 2020
Arc Mapping - Not Valid for Vehicle / Equipment Fire Origin Determination – Part 2 of 3
It should not be expected that Arc Mapping would be a reliable fire investigation technique in vehicles and equipment.


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Jul 2, 2020
Arc Mapping - Not Valid for Vehicle / Equipment Fire Origin Determination – Part 1 of 3
"Arc mapping may not be an effective technique for determining the origin of a fire in automobiles, trucks, and buses..."- NFPA 921 2017


Doug Stahl
Sep 17, 2019
2018 ISFI Conference- "Remote Fire Cause" Case Study by Douglas Stahl and Kerry Parrot Published
Case study with fire origin AND fire cause remotely located from the root cause in a commercial vehicle.


Doug Stahl
Oct 3, 2016
FIVE 2016 Conference- "Reverse FMEA" Case Study by Kerry Parrott and Douglas Stahl Published
Case study dealing with the analytical failure analysis process in fire and cause determination in commercial vehicles.


Doug Stahl
May 11, 2014
2014 ISFI Conference- "Electrical Arcs & Sparks" Paper by Kerry Parrott and Douglas Stahl Published
A Literature Review of Definitions and Their Implications in the Analysis of 12 Volt Direct Current Electrical System Fires


Doug Stahl
Apr 18, 2013
SAE 2013 World Congress & Expo- Case Study "Parking Brake Fires" by Kerry Parrott and Douglas Stahl
Focuses on 3 case study examples of commercial vehicle wheel end fires caused by operating vehicles with the parking brake applied.


Doug Stahl
Sep 13, 2012
FIVE 2012 Conference- "Parking Brake Fires" Paper by Kerry Parrott and Douglas Stahl Published
Fire Origin and Cause determination of parking brake fires in commercial vehicles


Doug Stahl
Sep 6, 2012
2012 ISFI Conference- "Limitations of Arc Mapping" by Douglas Stahl and Kerry Parrott Published
This paper and presentation deals with the lack of a scientific basis for applying the Arc Mapping fire investigation technique


Doug Stahl
Dec 8, 2011
2011 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Expo- "Advanced FMEA" Presentation
This paper introduced the “reverse FMEA” (rFMEA) failure/root cause analysis technique, developed by the authors, by applying advanced Failu


Doug Stahl
Aug 22, 2010
PAAI 2010 Annual Seminar- "Commercial Vehicles, How & Why They Burn", Presented by Kerry Parrott
He provided info on commercial vehicles & equipment and the special challenges of conducting proper origin and cause investigations
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