Mr. Hetrick applies his knowledge of fire protection engineering principles and fire science to the study and investigation of fires and explosions. Mr. Hetrick has extensive experience in clean extinguishing agent technologies and the validation of theoretical fire and fluid flow models. He has experience designing and conducting small- and medium-scale fire tests and is skilled in the fabrication and installation of common fire test instrumentation.
Prior to joining Exponent, Mr. Hetrick supported the National Fire Protection Association and the International Standards Organization in an effort to characterize the transient behavior of clean extinguishing agents in total flooding applications. While a student at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he served as a teaching assistant and specialized in measurement methods with the cone calorimeter, fire propagation apparatus, and large-scale combustion products collector. Mr. Hetrick has experience with prevalent fire modeling software including Fire Dynamics Simulator and CFAST.
Hetrick TM, Rangwala AS. A modified hold time model for total flooding fire suppression. Fire Saf J 2010; 45(1):12–20, January.
Gollner MJ, Hetrick TM, Rangwala AS, Perricone J, Williams FA. Controlling parameters involved in the burning of standard storage commodities: A fundamental approach towards fire hazard classification. Proceedings, 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 17–20, 2009.
Hetrick TM, Rangwala AS, Rivers PE. Development and validation of a modified hold time model for total flooding fire suppression. Conference Proceedings, Suppression and Detection Research and Applications – A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2009), Orlando, FL, February 24–27, 2009.
Hetrick TM. Development and validation of a modified clean agent draining model for total flooding fire suppression systems. Master’s Thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, 2009.
Hetrick TM, Rangwala AS. Validation study on hold time models for total flooding clean extinguishing agents. Poster presentation, 32nd International Symposium on Combustion, Montreal, Canada, August 3–8, 2008.
Hetrick TM. Analysis of hold time models for total flooding clean extinguishing agents. Fire Technol 2008; 44(3):239–261.
Hetrick TM, Rangwala AS. Validation study on clean extinguishing agent hold time calculation methodologies. Proceedings, 2008 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 20–22, 2008.
Hetrick TM, Rangwala AS. Analysis of hold time models for total flooding clean extinguishing agents. Conference Proceedings, Suppression and Detection Research and Applications – A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2008), Orlando, FL, March 11–13, 2008.
Hetrick T, Rivers PE. Investigation of hold time calculation methodologies for total flooding clean extinguishing agents. Conference Proceedings, Suppression and Detection Research and Applications – A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2007), Orlando, FL, March 5–8, 2007.