08 Oct 2011

CONCEPT SMOKE OUT THE HATFIELD TUNNEL, LONDON

A major emergency exercise was conducted in the Hatfield Tunnel, London on the night of 1st October 2011, with a staged road traffic accident within the tunnel involving a tanker, lorry and minibus.  

Operation Comet was designed to test the responses of the emergency services and the tunnel video smoke detection and ventilation systems, and Concept we once again contracted to supply the artificial smoke for the exercise  -  a "very impressive" simulation according to a senior member of the exercise team.  

3 ViCount smoke systems produced smoke continuosly for the 2 hour duration of the exercise, filling the entire tunnel cross section. 

More News

08 Jul 1999

Important Safety Warning

Below is a copy of a letter sent to Chief Fire Officers in 1999, with re... Read more >


12 Jan 1996

High Temperature Smoke Training - The Way Forward?

Oil-based smokes allow firefighter training to be carried out in conjunc... Read more >


18 May 1994

Hot Smoke Test at Brussels Airport

This article describes the experimental tests carried out at Brussels Ai... Read more >

<<...11121314>>