Preventive facilities and emergency operations in case of fires in CdF coal mines

Jean-Pierre Amartin (1) , Jean-Pierre Josien (2)

1 HBL - Houilleres du Bassin de Lorraine
2 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

The coalfield worked by Houilleres du Bassin de Lorraine (HBL), Charbonnages de France Group,. is situated in north-eastem France. This is a dense deposit made up of two groups of over ten seams of coal, separated by a conglomerate bed nearly 200 metres thick (figure l).

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences

Jean-Pierre Amartin, Jean-Pierre Josien. Preventive facilities and emergency operations in case of fires in CdF coal mines. 27. International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes, Feb 1997, New Delhi, India. pp.443-446. ⟨ineris-00971999⟩