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1 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.1 Colour diagram of the five fires None
2 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.2 SWEAP General Memorandum (GM2/93) None
3 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.3 AECI medical correspondence dated 16 Jan 1996 None
4 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.4 Report regarding the sulphur fire at AECI, Somerset West None
5 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.5 Letter from J Nel (AECI) to J du Plessis (Dept of Labour), dated 24 Jan 1996 None
6 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.6 Extract from Power Station Logbook None
7 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.7 Notes recorded by Firemaster Guthrie None
8 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.8 Overview for Management of the fire at Somerset West Factory on 16th December 1995 None
9 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.9 Correspondence and documentation exchanged between AECI Ltd and the Department of Trade and Industry and their predecessors relating to events after the fire None
10 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.10 Interviews and notes None
11 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.11 Article from Millenium Magazine None
12 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.12 Survey of the health effects on a Helderberg community of smoke exposure from a sulphur fire: Final report None
13 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.13 Sulphur dioxide in atmospheric analysis None
14 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.14 Certificate from Robert Koch & tax return [re Williams] [ None
15 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.15 Letter to Dr Farmer [re Baron] None
16 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.16 Letter to editor of the Cape Times None
17 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.17 Transcript of interview: G Africa None
18 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.18 Correspondence with Mr Saldanha (Legal Resources Centre) None
19 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.19 Letter from Helderberg Conservation Forum None
20 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.20 Special conditions of tender None
21 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.21 Brandverslag None
22 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.22 Mutual Aid Agreement: Fire Brigade Services None
23 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.23 Bevel en Beheer by Noodgevalle None
24 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.24 SOMCHEM document None
25 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.25 Ottery Fire Service document None
26 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.26 Reply by LRC on behalf of the Macassar Crisis Committee/ Macassar Disaster Action Committee to the request by AECI Pty (Ltd) for documents and particulars None
27 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.27 Index to documents formally requested and replies received None
28 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B1_B1.28 Ontruimingsplan en prosedures burg beskerming None
29 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.1 Report regarding the psychological impact of the Macassar sulphur fire disaster on the community None
30 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.2 Wind direction and speed charts 1991-95, also weather forecasts and warnings for December 1995 None
31 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.3 Synoptic weather map [X3] None
32 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.4 Letter from AECI to Macassar Crisis Committee re Effects on people None
33 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.5 Milnerton Fire and Rescue Service; Fire report None
34 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.6 Handwritten log sheet None
35 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.7 Affidavit: John Peter Ellis None
36 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.8 Affidavit: Ronald Kenneth van der Berg None
37 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.9 Occurrence Book copies: AECI fire 16 & 17 Dec 1995 None
38 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.10 Standard operating procedures None
39 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.11 Notes and reports None
40 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.12 Ignition of sulphur by AECI Research and Development Dept None
41 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.13 Minutes of a crisis meeting between AECI and Macassar Community reps, 17 Dec 1995 None
42 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.14 Hottentots Holland Hospital: Major disaster plan None
43 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.15 Minutes of Crisis Committee meeting, 29 Dec 1995 None
44 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.16 Kwytskelding None
45 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.17 Insurance claims: proposed procedures & related questions None
46 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.18 Constitution of Macassar Disaster Action Committee None
47 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.19 Letter to Judge Desai form National Accelerator Centre None
48 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.20 Colour-copied photographs of fire area before & after None
49 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.21 E C Cairncross: CV None
50 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.22 Statement and comments on the AECI-Macassar sulphur fire disaster None
51 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.23 AECI None
52 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.24 Copy of Government Gazette None
53 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.25 Extract: Convention concerning the prevention of major industrial accidents None
54 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.26 Letter to Husky Oil, USA, re Storage of formed sulphur None
55 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.27 Product profile: sulphur (cast and crude) None
56 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.28 AECI Code of Practice: Handling and storage of sulphur None
57 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.29 Prevention of major industrial accidents None
58 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.30 Fax from Risk & Industrial Safety Consultants Inc, USA None
59 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.31 AECI Ltd: Operating companies/businesses None
60 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.32 Text of ad placed in local press by AECI None
61 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.33 Letter from AECI to health care providers in the area None
62 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.34 List of local GPs None
63 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.35 Agenda and attendance list for meeting between AECI and EEU None
64 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.36 Transcript of radio announcement from Macassar Crisis Committee None
65 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.37 AECI Ltd 1995 Annual Report None
66 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.38 AECI Reporter, Dec 1996 None
67 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.39 AECI Environmental link, Nov 1996 None
68 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.40 Stuart Bannerman: CV None
69 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.41 Evaluation of SO2 concentrations resulting from the AECI fire None
70 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.42 Safety, health and environmental management by AECI None
71 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.43 Summary of Hottentots Holland Hospital Casualty admissions None
72 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.44 Charter on industrial hazards and human rights None
73 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.45 Rowan longs for the breath of freedom None
74 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.46 NATSOC Naturalist Society None
75 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.47 Letter: acceptance of tender for removal of sulphur None
76 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.48 Fax None
77 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.49 P J le Roux: CV None
78 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.50 Summary of evidence of Mr le Roux None
79 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.51 Macassar video transcription None
80 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.52 Bundles of correspondence and documentation exchanged between AECI and DTI before and after the fire None
81 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.53 Technical report on the fire at the Somerset West factory on 16th December 1995 None
82 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.54 AECI Security Dept: Standing orders for action in emergencies None
83 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.55 Liaison visit from local Fire Chiefs None
84 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.56 Notes recorded by LCM Mike Douglas in the SWEAP Control room None
85 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.57 AECI Security Dept None
86 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.58 Sulphur fire None
87 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B2_B2.59 Review of the emergency services response to the Somerset West sulphur fire None
88 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.1 Map of area around AECI None
89 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.2 Submission on the Commission None
90 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.3 Health: medical, psychological and social aspects of the report None
91 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.4 A survey of the health effects on a Helderberg community of smoke exposure from a sulphur fire: preliminary report None
92 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.5 Environmental study on the effects of the sulphur stockpile fire at AECI, Somerset West on 16/17 December 1995 (UCT Environmental Evaluation Unit) None
93 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.6 Response of Fire Dept to questions put by Legal Resources Centre None
94 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.7 Certified extract from the Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, held on 13 Dec 1995 None
95 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.8 Two newspaper clippings re health and claims of victims (photocopies) None
96 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.9 Evacuation Plan & Procedures None
97 ZA UCT BC1122_B_B3_B3.10 Companies None