Fire Protection of Rolling Stock 2021: Virtual Conference

Biography: BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, EurChem, CEng, FIFireE Chairman, FPRS, February 2020 Dr. Cash is an experienced Fire, Safety and Emergency Planning professional with considerable exposure to a wide range of safety regulatory activities in the rail, aviation, oil & petrochemical, marine and military sectors. Based in the United Kingdom, Tony is currently the Senior Fire Engineer at Heathrow Airport Limited. Prior to joining Heathrow, Tony worked for Bombardier Transportation, Trenton Fire, London Underground (LU), Transport for London (TfL), the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority and Angus Fire Ltd. Dr. Cash earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honours in Chemistry from the University of London in 1983 and earned a Doctorate in Physical Chemistry (Ph.D.) from the University of Leeds in 1987. He is a Chartered Chemist (CChem), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and a Chartered European Chemist (EurChem). Dr. Cash is also a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers (FIFireE), and a Chartered Fire Engineer. Tony has been involved in fire safety engineering since 1983 and first became a Chartered Practitioner in 1987. Tony has experience of working in the UK, USA, Canada, the Far East, the British Overseas Territories, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Europe, Cyprus and South Africa. Throughout his broad & varied career, Tony has participated on a number of committees advising on new guidance documents and proposed legislation including British Standards, NFPA, ICAO, UK CAA, EASA and the Institution of Fire Engineers Special Interest Groups. In addition, he has set and marked exams for his professional bodies, the UK CAA and overseas aviation agencies on fire safety & emergency planning, human factors in engineering and the Carriage Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials. Tony regularly speaks on the subject of rail rolling stock and tunnel fire safety at international conferences. He has chaired 11 annual conferences on the Fire Protection of Rolling Stock and is looking forward to chairing this conference in Berlin, his twelfth.

Session Details: Registration 24-03-2021, 8:00 am Registration 25-03-2021, 8:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Preparing for upcoming changes in fire safety norms for vehicles 25-03-2021, 9:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Overcoming the Covid-19 impact on rolling stock operations and maintenance 24-03-2021, 9:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Urban Rail - Highlighting the importance of evacuation plans for whole infrastructure to prevent life loss and allow safe evacuation even with EN 50553 compliant vehicles 24-03-2021, 11:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Case study: Maintaining smoke and heat detection systems in a Saudi Arabian context 25-03-2021, 10:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Reducing Rail Car Floor Assembly Test Article Size for Fire Resistance Testing 24-03-2021, 4:50 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Aurelio Rojo Garrido, PhD Electrical Engineer, has developed his professional career in both, RAILWAYS and SAFETY & SECURITY sectors, mainly in Metro of Madrid, where his filed of expertise became related to fire protection engineering and safety management aspects. As Director of Operations of Metro Madrid, he was responsible for the development of the Safety and Fire Protection and Security Programs, in a network of 300 km and 350 stations, mostly underground. As General Secretary of Alamys (Latin-American Metropolitan Railways Association) between 2001 and 2014 (Now honorary member) coordinated many safety and security Public Transport System Working Groups and Seminars. Since 2009 he has and continues to be the President of APICI, Spanish Fire Protection Engineers Association. Aurelio Rojo has vast experience in the academic and research world as Co-Director of the Masters in Fire Protection Engineering and professor on the Railway Masters at the School of Engineering of the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain, where he has had the opportunity to deal with complex conceptual models that need to be contemplated in the design and then in operation of metro systems with high levels of safety and security.”

Session Details: Integrating rolling stock fire protection and tunnel design for safe evacuation 25-03-2021, 2:20 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Mastering end-to-end material sourcing for global rolling stock manufacturing 24-03-2021, 2:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Regulatory spotlight: Revealing important standard updates for rolling stock 24-03-2021, 10:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Improving the design and fire safety systems of rolling stock through carefully structured design 24-03-2021, 12:40 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Staying on top of European and US fire barrier and safety standards across rolling stock projects 25-03-2021, 11:40 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Staying on top of European and US fire barrier and safety standards across rolling stock projects 25-03-2021, 11:40 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Navigating global railway landscapes for effective rolling stock partnerships 24-03-2021, 1:40 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Paolo Diana is a Mechanical Engineer, he graduated at the Università di Pisa in 2016. He got the Professional Master’s Program in Infrastructures and Railway Systems Engineering in 2017. He works in Trenitalia as Fire safety Engineer. He is currently involved in new projects of firefighting systems and HVAC systems on Trenitalia trains. He is member of: · CEN/CENELC TC 256 WG1 · UNI Fire Safety CT 50

Session Details: Complying with the EN-45545 standard for refurbished product testing with limited supply 25-03-2021, 1:10 pm View In Agenda

Biography: In 2012 Atef started as a junior draft engineer at NS railways dealing with various challenges related to interior design and interfaces within several refurbishment projects. In 2015 Atef continued as an interior engineer responsible for interior design changes within refurbishment and overhaul ensuring customer’s demands, admissions requirements and maintenance requirements concerning the relevant lifespan are met. In addition to his current role Atef became in 2020 fire safety engineer dealing with various challenges in meeting the fire safety requirements and sharing his knowledge and experience addressing this topic.

Session Details: Fireside chat: challenges with complying with the EN-45545 standard for refurbishment 24-03-2021, 11:40 am View In Agenda

Biography: In 1983 Ruud started at NS Dutch Railways, the first years as a mechanic, then as an instructor and since 1992 as an engineer, later senior engineer at NS Train Modernization (NS TM). As an engineer / sr engineer, Ruud has been involved in damage repair, revision and modernization of trainsets and addressing technical problems during overhaul and modernization. His fields of expertise mainly concern the exterior parts of trains, which also include the application of foil. As a senior engineer, he is responsible for the overhaul and modernization designs within his field of expertise, so they meet customer as well as regulatory requirements. As the exterior foil is part of the total exterior preservation system, he is involved with the current fire safety requirements for exterior preservation systems.

Session Details: Fireside chat: challenges with complying with the EN-45545 standard for refurbishment 24-03-2021, 11:40 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Protecting rolling stock powered by alternative and renewable fuels 24-03-2021, 3:50 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Lachlan is a rail systems fire engineer with more than 18 years’ rail engineering experience. His career has been shaped by roles in rolling stock manufacturing, rolling stock consulting, rail system consulting, and most recently in rail operations. He has worked on projects delivered into 12 different countries. Lachlan has worked with multiple rail authorities to define their in-house fire safety specifications, and he was author of AS 7529, Australia’s first national standard for rolling stock fire safety. Lachlan is currently Metro Trains Melbourne’s Fire & Facilities Engineering Manager, providing fire safety assurance and advice for rolling stock, station and tunnel projects, and developing emergency procedures for rail operations.

Session Details: Fire Predicting 101: simplifying fire size assessment with the Duggan Method 25-03-2021, 11:00 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Fire and life safety systems: bringing all the elements of fire protection together 25-03-2021, 12:10 pm View In Agenda

Biography: I was born in Edinburgh 1962 and have always lived in Scotland. I was educated at the local Grammar School and left in 1978 when I was 16 with seven “O” levels, average qualifications at the time. I started work on the railways as a mechanical apprentice at the Craigentinny Maintenance Depot in Edinburgh in 1978.  This four year apprenticeship was intensive, broad based and included college studies in Mechanical and Production Engineering to HNC level. I have worked on all aspects of Rolling Stock maintenance on the depot as a fitter, was further trained to carry out electrical work. I progressed through the supervisory grades to Senior Shift Supervisor.  Through this I developed an in depth knowledge of safety critical systems.  I have also had specialist training in Non-Destructive testing, and have gained an in-depth knowledge of wheels bogies and running gear. I have had 14 years experience as a Rolling Stock Inspector carrying out in-service inspection, fault diagnosis and repairs on high speed diesel and electric trains. I have an extensive knowledge of the environment that Rolling Stock has to operate and how it performs in reality at speeds in service up to 125 mph.  This included understanding what makes them reliable and what can be done to still operate when parts of systems are defective or have been badly damaged or isolated. Due to time limitations, rapid decision making was necessary and it was also necessary to work within what limited resources were available in isolated locations such as tools, and materials. I have undertaken further academic education in addition to normal work through the Open University and gained a BSc (Hons) degree and Diplomas in Systems Practice, Pollution Control and Professional Management. I am also an Incorporated Engineer IEng, a member of the IET and Associate Member of the IMechE. I was the project engineer for life extension work and reliability improvements to the East Coast Inter-City 125 High Speed Train fleet. This included ; Re-painting in, complete new vehicle interiors, laminated glass, MTU engines, new cooling systems, upgraded electronic control, reliability modifications, production of enhanced component overhaul specifications for rotating machines and bogies. I am currently responsible for Assurance and Engineering Standards including the production and control of Maintenance, Quality and Policy documentation relating to the London North Eastern 225 Electric fleet and Assurance of the new Hitachi Class 800 fleet. I am an IRCA registered Lead auditor for both ISO9001 and ISO14001.  I represent London North Eastern Railway on various Rail Industry forums through both the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and Rail Delivery Group (RDG). These include; fire, vehicle maintenance, pantographs, energy, wheelsets, axle bearings and standards. I am chair of the BSI RAE3/-/2 committee for Roller Bearings and Lubricants. I am passionate about the Assurance, safe design, reliability, cost effective maintenance, effective management of Engineering change, vehicle configuration and operation of trains.

Session Details: Ensuring a smooth change control process for optimized rolling stock 25-03-2021, 2:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Running capability simulations for rolling stock 25-03-2021, 1:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Reducing Rail Car Floor Assembly Test Article Size for Fire Resistance Testing 24-03-2021, 4:50 pm View In Agenda