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$12 Million Dollar Fire at Dogwood Elementary School, Reston, Virginia popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-135-508.pdf
Author: William A. Tobin, Hollis Stambaugh, Jennifer Roberson
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, school fire, fire protection, fire/building codes%0a
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$15 Million Sight and Sound Theater Fire and Building Collapse, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-097.pdf
Author: Stanley L. Poole, Hollis Stambaugh
Date Published: 1997
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, fire protection, fire/building codes, structural firefighting%0a
A $280 Million "State of the Art" Sprinkler Disaster popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59976/25/none/none/Depar/A-$280-MILLION-%2522STATE-OF-THE-ART%2522-SPRINKLER-DISASTER
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: October 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
A Great Innovation in the Fire Service popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/189715/25/none/none/Depar/A-GREAT-INNOVATION-IN-THE-FIRE-SERVICE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2003
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
A Quantum Leap in Multiple-Dwelling Fire Safety popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/274205/25/none/none/Depar/A-QUANTUM-LEAP-IN-MULTIPLE-DWELLING-FIRE-SAFETY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: October 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
A Radical Approach To A Serious Problem popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/82263/25/none/none/Depar/A-Radical-Approach-To-A-Serious-Problem
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Another Narrow Truss Escape popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/109077/25/none/none/Depar/ANOTHER-NARROW-TRUSS-ESCAPE-UPDATE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: July 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Code Officials and Performance Based Fire Safety popular
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/Conf/confproceedings.pdf
Author: Joseph Fleming, Paul Donga, Michael J. Woicik
Date Published: 1999
Publisher: Proceedings of the Second Conference on Fire Safety Design in the 21st Cent
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, performance-based codes, fire safety design%0a
A Comparison of Two Fires: The Westview Towers North Bergen, New Jersey, and the Council Towers Apartments, St. Louis, Missouri
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-119.pdf
Author: John Lee Cook, Jr.
Date Published: Septmber 2001
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, residential high-rise fire, high-rise firefighting, medical oxygen cylinders, fire protection, fire/building codes%0a
A study of the ability of code officials to adapt to performance-based codes
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Nuss, David E
Date Published: 1994
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, performance-based bodes, fire code enforcement, fire code officials%0a
Ambient Air Supply to High-Rise Fires: Update
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/80311/25/none/none/Depar/AMBIENT-AIR-SUPPLY-TO-HIGH-RISE-FIRES:-UPDATE1
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: July 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Amendments to the Fire Protection and Life Safety Provisions of the New York City Building Code by Local Laws Adopted While World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 Were in Use. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05177.pdf
Author: Razza, J. C.; Grill, R. A.
Date Published: September 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, World Trade Center%0a
Assessment of the Technological Requirements for the Realization of Performance-Based Fire Safety Design in the United States. Final Report
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire98/PDF/f98127.pdf
Author: Meacham, B. J.
Date Published: November 1998
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, performance-based codes, fire safety design%0a
Beware the Christmas Tree and Other Hazards
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59328/25/none/none/Depar/BEWARE-THE-CHRISTMAS-TREE-AND-OTHER-HAZARDS-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: October 1996
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Building Marking System: Update
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/93011/25/none/none/Depar/BUILDING-MARKING-SYSTEM:-UPDATE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Buildings May Not Be What They Seem
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59615/25/none/none/Depar/BUILDINGS-MAY-NOT-BE-WHAT-THEY-SEEM
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: March 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Cantilevers
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/271552/25/none/none/Depar/CANTILEVERS
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Cast Iron and Steel
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/261588/25/none/none/Depar/CAST-IRON-AND-STEEL
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Catastrophic Hidden Hazard
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/121026/25/none/none/Depar/Catastrophic-hidden-hazard
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Cockloft vs. Attic
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/235060/25/none/none/Depar/COCKLOFT-VS.-ATTIC
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 1995
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Developing Rational, Performance-based Fire Safety
http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/866/CIB_W14/paper1.pdf
Author: Richard W. Bukowski; Vytenis Babrauskas
Date Published: 18, 173-191, (1994)
Publisher: Fire and Materials
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, fire protection engineering, performance-based codes, model building codes, fire safety%0a
Devil's Advocate
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61770/25/none/none/Depar/DEVIL'S-ADVOCATE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Eight-Fatality Row House Fire, Chester, Pennsylvania: Lessons Learned from Residential Fires with Five or More Fatalities
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-067.pdf
Author: Mark Chubb
Date Published: 1993
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, Initiative 14, fire/building codes%0a
Evacuation plans for high-rise buildings related to building fire codes
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Fenwick, Clayton, W.
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, high-rise firefighting, high-rise evacuation, fire/building codes, Initiative 14, public fire education%0a
Fire and Firefighter Protection
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59812/25/none/none/Depar/FIRE-AND-FIREFIGHTER-PROTECTION-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: Jully 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a