Electrical Causes of Fire
Industry Experts: Dr Peter Jowett, BSc, PhD, CEng, MIET, SMIEEE, MEI, MIFireE, Euring, Partner, Dr J H Burgoyne & Partners LLP
Where: The Bradford Club, Piece Hall Yard, Bradford, BD1 1PJ
When: Thursday 17th November 2016
Time: Refreshments at 12:00 for 12:30 start (1:30 finish)
Why you should attend?
Electrical equipment is now taken for granted, but should be treated with care. To learn about the types of electrical equipment that can cause a fire, how fires are started and to understand what measures can be taken to prevent fires you should be attending this session.
Who should attend?
Anyone in, or connected to the insurance market. This is particularly relevant to underwriters, claims handlers, brokers and loss adjusters.
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Speaker Biography Before joining Burgoynes, Peter designed and developed specialised electrical machines and became a project manager in the aerospace defence industry. He joined Burgoynes in 1990 and became a Partner in 1998. He has investigated over 1500 fires, explosions, incidents of electrical failure and personal injury cases, including incidents in Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia and China. His engineering investigations have included the failure of electrical equipment in aircrafts, ships, power stations, sub-stations and farms, as well as industrial, commercial and domestic premises. Peter has attended court to give expert testimony in the UK and overseas. He has also given lectures on several aspects of electrical machine design at international conferences in the UK, North America and Germany, and published papers on electrical machine design and control. He has lectured in a number of venues and to a range of audiences on fire investigation and electrical failures, including at Leeds, Manchester and Edinburgh Universities and at many technical seminars for the Chartered Insurance Institute. Book Now contact David Codling at david.codling@riig.co.uk or 07772 483302. |
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