LSM Technologies / Rocky's Heavy Transport- TMSystem Trailer Tyre Fire Mitigation Field Study / Report

Published Wednesday 14 Oct, 2015 by Peter Woodford

In the Heavy Transport industry, brake, wheel bearing and tyre failures can potentially cause high wheel hub and tyre temperatures on trucks and trailers. This can result in catastrophic equipment failure, fires and explosions causing substantial damage. It is paramount this risk be significantly mitigated or eliminated from Heavy Transport operations.

Furthermore, these events should be recorded to enable review and reporting for incident analysis. Also, the TMSystem is required to alert the Operator to take corrective action to prevent damage to the vehicle, surrounding people & property.

Changes to recent Industry Standards/ Guidelines and Coroner Report have set a precedent in demanding that TMSystem Technology is implemented to avoid such events

Management of the risks associated with operating Heavy Transport requires effective maintenance of tyres and wheels as critical components. On- road failures of these components can result in a catastrophic situation (wheel fire / tyre explosions / tyre failures).

Some relative statistics state that:

33% of Truck Trailer fires are related to Wheels and Tyres (NTI Major Accident Investigation Report - 2015).
25% of Heavy Vehicle crashes are directly related to Tyres (Heavy Truck Crash Data 2012, NSW Centre for Road Safety).

Please see the video clip and download the complete Field Test Report below.

LSM TyreGuard® TMSystems® and FSM® Fleet Safety Manager + Tracking Telematics Systems are proven solutions for managing the safety demands of Heavy DG Transport, both on-road and off-road across Australia, effectively mitigating tyre and wheel-end risks.

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