An introductory text on the investigation of industrial accidents Forensic engineering should be seen as a rigorous approach to the discovery of root causes that lead to an accident or near-miss. The approach should be suitable to identify both the immediate causes as well as the underlying factors that affected, amplified, or modified the events in terms of consequences, evolution, dynamics, etc., as well as the contribution of an eventual human error . This book is a concise and introductory volume to the forensic engineering discipline which helps the reader to recognize the link among those important, very specialized aspects of the same problem in the global strategy of learning from accidents (or near-misses). The reader will benefit from a single point of access to this very large, technical literature that can be only correctly understood with the right terms, definitions, and links in mind. Keywords: Presents simple (real) cases, as well as giving an overview of more complex ones, each of them investigated within the same framework; Gives the readers the bibliography to access more in-depth specific aspects; Offers an overview of the most commonly used methodologies and techniques to investigate accidents, including the evidence that should be collected to define the cause, dynamics and responsibilities of an industrial accident, as well as the most appropriate methods to collect and preserve the evidence through an appropriate chain of security. Principles of Forensic Engineering Applied to Industrial Accidents is essential reading for researchers and practitioners in forensic engineering, as well as graduate students in forensic engineering departments and other professionals.

In the book "Ingegneria Forense", published by Dario Flaccovio Editore (October 2011, ISBN 9788857901015) and edited by Prof. Bernardino M. Chiaia (vice-chancellor of the Politecnico di Torino) and by Prof. Nicola Augenti (University of Naples and president of the Italian Association of Forensic Engineering) there is a chapter entitled "Fires and explosions" (elaborated by Luca Fiorentini (TECSA SpA), Norberto Piccinini and Luca Marmo (Polytechnic of Turin), F. Vinardi) with the following contents: incidental scenarios , fires, explosions, deflagrations and detonations, VCE / UVCE, pool fires, jet fires, flash-fires, incidental trials, gathering of evidence and sources of evidence, information from witnesses, physical and chemical sources, documentary evidence, documentation in electronic format and binary, identification of initiatory causes, significant cases of investigation. The text proposes contributions from some of the leading national experts in the field of Forensic Engineering, developing the basic engineering protocols and methodologies in the field of civil, criminal and administrative technical consultancy. Investigates and deepens incidents of engineering solved in the forum, proposing itself as a fundamental manual for professionals in the field, magistrates, lawyers, architects, structural engineers and geotechnical. The purpose of the work is to stimulate all the colleagues working in the field of judicial technical consultancy to cultivate and deepen, in an organic way, themes that for too long have been entrusted to individualism and improvisation.

The chapter entitled "Forensic investigation and engineering of fires and explosions" by L. Fiorentini, L. Marmo and N. Piccinini present in the first Italian book on Forensic Engineering ("Forensic Engineering, Methodologies, Protocols, Case Studies" edited by B. Chiaia and N. Augenti, Dario Flaccovio Editore) was recently quoted and referenced in the most authoritative compendium at the international level in the field of forensic science, namely the "Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science" consisting of five volumes for a total of about 4000 pages all dedicated to the sciences and to the forensic engineering activities. Marmo, Fiorentini and Chiaia are among the founders of the TECSA S.r.l. dedicated to these aspects and called MFCforensic.

Prof. Bernardino Chiaia (Vice-Rector of the Polytechnic of Turin), founder of the engineering division for TECSA S.r.l. (MFCforensic) and international expert on seismic vulnerability and construction science, has collaborated in the drafting of the new volume of EPC S.r.l. entitled "STRUCTURE RESISTANT TO FIRE. Calculation methods, technologies and procedures for a concrete fire safety "(EPC S.r.l., Rome, 2017, ISBN 978-88-6310-792-0). The volume, realized with the contribution of ATE - Associazione Tecnologi per l'Edilizia, was edited by Pietro G. Gambarova, Alessandro Fantilli and Sergio Tattoni. The authors include some of the most important Italian fire resistance experts from the academy, professions and industry. The objective is to provide professionals, researchers, industry technicians, certification bodies experts and contracting stations with a streamlined and immediate use tool, complete with physical-mechanical bases, regulatory references and examples. Prof. Chiaia has curated, together with Prof. Fantilli, the chapter "Design and verification of masonry structures on fire". Further information about the volume can be found on the publisher's website

“NaTech risk for refinery tanks: results of a vulnerability assessment campaign” scritto da B. Chiaia, V. De Biagi, (Politecnico di Torino), L. Fiorentini (TECSA S.r.l.), C. Zannini (Arcos Engineering S.r.l), Journal of Pressure Vessels and Technology, 2018 (in print).

Chiaia et al.: A Framework for NaTech Seismic Risk Assessment in Industrial Plants, International Journal of Forensic Engineering, 2016 (in press)

Luca Fiorentini, Luca Marmo, Vincenzo Puccia, Enrico Danzi: Fires in Photovoltaic Systems: Lessons Learned from Fire Investigations in Italy.

Luca Fiorentini, Luca Marmo, Norberto Piccinini: Forensic Engineering Applied To The Analysis Of A Gas Explosion In A Residential Building. 12/2014; 2(2):152-164. DOI:10.1504/IJFE.2014.066317

Luca Marmo, Norberto Piccinini, Luca Fiorentini: Missing safety measures led to the jet fire and seven deaths at a steel plant in Turin. Dynamics and lessons learned. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 01/2013; 26(1):215–224. DOI:10.1016/j.jlp.2012.11.003.

Luca Marmo, Norberto Piccinini, Luca Fiorentini: The Thyssen Krupp accident in Torino: Investigation methods, accident dynamics and lesson learned.

Luca Fiorentini: The existing link among fire safety engineering and fire investigation, Rivista Antincendio, EPC S.r.l. (Roma)

Luca Fiorentini: Computer aided simulation of fires to improve fire investigation, Rivista Antincendio, EPC S.r.l. (Roma)

Luca Fiorentini, Rosario Sicari, “Gestione di incidenti e non conformità metodologie e strumenti d’indagine”, rivista Ambiente e Sicurezza, Agosto 2018, EPC S.r.l., Roma (vedi notizia)

Luca Fiorentini, Andrea Respighi, “L’utilizzo della realtà virtuale per l’addestramento in situazioni di emergenza”, rivista Antincendio, Agosto 2018, EPC S.r.l., Roma (vedi notizia)

Luca Fiorentini (TECSA S.r.l.), Luca Marmo (Politecnico di Torino), Rosario Sicari (TECSA S.r.l. // MFCforensic) “Il ruolo del C.T.U. e del C.T.P. nell’ambito del procedimento penale”, Seminario specialistico “Il ruolo del C.T.U. e del C.T.P. nell’ambito della prevenzione incendi”, Ordine degli Architetti della Provincia di Milano e Comando Provinciale Vigili del Fuoco di Milano, 15 dicembre 2017, Milano

Luca Fiorentini (TECSA S.r.l.), “Le procedure operative standard come risposta alla gestione in efficienza e sicurezza di un evento incidentale: un caso reale”, 3° Convegno CHIMIvigila, EDAM S.p.A. e Comando Provinciale Vigili del Fuoco di Milano, 22 novembre 2017, Milano

Luca Fiorentini e Rosario Sicari (TECSA S.r.l. // MFCforensic), “Il comportamento degli impianti antincendio nell’incendio del traghetto Norman Atlantic”, 2017, XVII Convegno Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Antincendio (AIIA), 3 ottobre 2017, Milano (vedi frontespizio dell’intervento), le slide complete sono riscontrabili sul sito dell’AIIA, nella sezione specifica dedicata agli atti dei convegni

Luca Fiorentini e Simone Bigi (TECSA S.r.l.), Luca Marmo e Bernardino Chiaia (Politecnico di Torino), Rosario Sicari (ARCOS Engineering S.r.l.), Alessandro Cantelli Forti (CNIT, RaSS (Radar and Surveillance Systems) National Laboratory) “Incendio traghetto ‘Norman Atlantic’: tecniche specialistiche di indagine nell’ambito di una perizia multidisciplinare”, 2017 IFCRASC17 Conference, 14-16 settembre 2017, Milano

Luca Fiorentini (TECSA S.r.l.), Vincenzo Puccia (Vigili del Fuoco), “Utilizzo di strumenti della fire engineering per l’analisi di incendio di un natante” (vedi abstract); VII Convegno VGR 2016 “Valutazione e gestione del rischio” – Roma, 20-22 Settembre 2016

Luca Fiorentini (TECSA S.r.l.), Luca Marmo (Politecnico di Torino), Vincenzo Puccia (Vigili del Fuoco), Enrico Danzi (Politecnico di Torino), “Fire risk assessment of photovoltaic plants. A case study moving from two large fires: from accident investigation and forensic engineering to fire risk assessment for reconstruction and permitting purposes”, 15th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries, ICHEME, Konzerthaus Freiburg (Germania), 5 – 8 giugno 2016;

Luca Fiorentini (TECSA S.r.l.), Bernardino Chiaia, Luca Marmo (Politecnico di Torino), Vincenzo Puccia (Vigili del Fuoco), “I metodi della ingegneria antincendio a supporto della ingegneria forense e dell’analisi degli incidenti occorsi: un ulteriore strumento di indagine”, XVI Convegno Nazionale “I metodi della fire safety engineering alla luce del codice di prevenzione incendi 2015”, della AIIA -Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Antincendio, capitolo italiano della SFPE – Society of Fire Protection Engineers (USA), 7 aprile 2016, Aula Rogers del Politecnico di Milano (Via Ampere, 2) (maggiori informazioni sul sito della associazione), disponibili le slide utilizzate al convegno.

Luca Fiorentini: “Dall’errore umano al fattore umano, tecniche di HRA e di valutazione dei task”, Ferrara, 11/2015

Luca Fiorentini, luca marmo, Vinico Rossini: CFD fire simulation as a tool to investigate complex phenomena: a case study from accident investigation and forensic engineering to fire risk assessment for reconstruction and permitting purposes. GEXCON Open Industry Seminar, Milan (Italy); 12/2013

Luca Fiorentini, Luca Marmo: Thyssenkrupp accident in turin. forensic engineering assessment of the fire dated 6th december 2007. IF CRASC 2012 (2nd CONGRESS ON FORENSIC ENGINEERING 5th CONGRESS ON COLLAPSES, RELIABILITY AND RETROFIT OF STRUCTURES), Pisa; 11/2012

Luca Fiorentini, Vinicio Rossini, Salvatore Tafaro: L’indagine post-incidentale con codici di calcolo avanzati applicata ad un incidente rilevante di raffineria: comparazione tra il caso reale e quello teorico. IF CRASC 2012 (2nd CONGRESS ON FORENSIC ENGINEERING 5th CONGRESS ON COLLAPSES, RELIABILITY AND RETROFIT OF STRUCTURES), Pisa; 11/2012