{"id":289,"date":"2019-02-04T20:57:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2019-02-04T20:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:57:41","slug":"the-colour-run-and-its-safety-concerns-sharing-of-singapores-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/the-colour-run-and-its-safety-concerns-sharing-of-singapores-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Colour Run&#8221; and its Safety Concerns &#8211; Sharing of Singapore&#8217;s Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toh Qiu Ping, B.Sc(Mathematical Sciences)<br \/>\nCFEI Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Tan Kim Haw, M.Sc(HSE), B.Sc(Chem)(Hons)<br \/>\nCFEI Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Lim Beng Hui, M.Sc(FI)(Dist), B.Eng(Civil)(Hons)<br \/>\nCFEI, CFII Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Lim Lam Kwang, B.Eng(Mechanical)(Hons)<br \/>\nSingapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Anna Teo Li Li, Diploma (Applied Food Science &amp; Nutrition)<br \/>\nSingapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Presented at the International Symposium on Fire Investigation Science and Technology, 2018<\/p>\n<p>ABSTRACT<\/p>\n<p>On 27 June 2015, 15 people were killed and more than 500 people were injured in a blaze at the Colour Play Asia event at the Formosa Fun Coast Water Park, just outside Taiwan\u2019s capital, Taipei. The fire was caused by an explosion of a dense cloud of coloured powder \u2013 a mixture of corn starch and food colouring \u2013 which was sprayed into the air at high velocity over crowds of party goers.<\/p>\n<p>Arising from the incident, there were safety concerns on the use of such coloured powder in other similar events worldwide, including Singapore\u2019s own version of the Colour Run. This paper summarises the fire investigation findings from the tragedy in Taipei, and shares insights on the fire safety assessment conducted by Singapore authorities prior to its own event. Details of a laboratory analysis of the powders used and a hazard evaluation of the event will be presented. The safety measures imposed to minimise the risks involved, for Singapore\u2019s Colour Run and other similar events, will also be discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/lsla12e133qbjr3\/ISFI2018Proceedings_ColourRunSafetyConcerns.pdf?dl=0\">Complete Paper Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toh Qiu Ping, B.Sc(Mathematical Sciences) CFEI Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Tan Kim Haw, M.Sc(HSE), B.Sc(Chem)(Hons) CFEI Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Lim Beng Hui, M.Sc(FI)(Dist), B.Eng(Civil)(Hons) CFEI, CFII Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Lim Lam Kwang, B.Eng(Mechanical)(Hons) Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Anna Teo Li Li, Diploma (Applied Food Science &amp; Nutrition) Singapore Civil &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/the-colour-run-and-its-safety-concerns-sharing-of-singapores-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The &#8220;Colour Run&#8221; and its Safety Concerns &#8211; Sharing of Singapore&#8217;s Experience<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isfi-proceedings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nafi.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}