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• Inflatable Partitions for High-Expansion Foam Generators
  6/1/1995 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has developed an inflatable feed-tube seal (IFTS) for high-expansion foam generators. The IFTS is a lightweight, portable, rectangular inflatable bag that can be used by firefighters to rapidly seal large openings, such a...
• Analysis of Underground Coal Mine Fire Incidents in the United States from 1978 through 1992
  1/1/1995 - Information Circulars
  An analysis of 164 underground coal mine fire incidents occurring in the United States during the 15 years from 1978 through 1992.
• U.S. Bureau of Mines Technology Applicable to Disaster Response, Urban Search And Rescue
  4/1/1994 - Conference papers
  Since 1910, the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has investigated practical ways of dealing with the consequences of major fires and explosions in underground mines.
• Ranking Factors Impacting Survival During Coal Mine Fires
  8/1/1993 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study ranks the factors impacting survival during a coal mine fire. The authors found that a combination of actions was most effective, including installing lifelines, moderately decreasing air leakage, and decreasing the fire growth rate.
• Smoke, Carbon Monoxide, and Hydrogen Chloride Production from the Pyrolysis of Conveyor Belting and Brattice Cloth
  1/1/1992 - Information Circulars
  An investigation of the combustion products of typical materials found in underground mines. The results are combined with previous analyses to estimate relative toxicities, product levels and detectability of smoldering mine combustibles.
• How Smoke Hinders Escape from Coal Mine Fires
  1/1/1992 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study predicts the level of smoke that miners might meet while trying to escape a coal mine fire and describes how smoke would impede their safe escape.
• Mine Fire Diagnostics Applied to the Carbondale, PA Mine Fire Site
  1/1/1992 - Reports of Investigations
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines applied its mine fire diagnostic method to an abandoned anthracite mine fire site in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA.
• Summary of Combustion Products from Mine Materials: Their Relevance to Mine Fire Detection
  1/1/1990 - Information Circulars
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluated product-of-combustion characteristics of combustible materials used in coal mining in experiments conducted in an intermediate-scale fire tunnel, and evaluated each material's effectiveness for mine fire detection.
• Rapid (Grab) Sampling During Full-scale Explosions - Microscopic and Analytical Evaluation
  1/1/1988 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has developed a system using a high-speed electropneumatic mechanism for the rapid (grab) sampling of dusts and gases during an explosion to monitor pyrolysis-charring in coal particles and combustion of pyrolysis vapors.
• Evaluation of Safety Shutoff Valve System on Methane Gas Pipelines Under Mine Fire Conditions
  1/1/1986 - Information Circulars
  The goal of this research was to evaluate the integrity of existing shutoff valves and actuators used under high-temperature conditions in the Bureau of Mines' horizontal borehole methane drainage pipeline system and to determine system improvements.