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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
A $280 Million "State of the Art" Sprinkler Disaster popular
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59976/25/none/none/Depar/A-$280-MILLION-%22STATE-OF-THE-ART%22-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
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
$15 Million Sight and Sound Theater Fire and Building Collapse, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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
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
A Great Innovation in the Fire Service
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
A Radical Approach To A Serious Problem
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
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
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
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
Another Narrow Truss Escape
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Code Officials and Performance Based Fire Safety
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
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
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
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
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
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