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Fire escape codes in historic buildings

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Johnson, Jeff T
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, fire escapes, historic buildings

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Fire Fighting Water: A Review of Fire Fighting Water Requirements - A New Zealand Perspective

http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/fire/pdfreports/SDavis.pdf
Author: S K Davis
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: University of Canterbury, NZ
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire flow, water requirements, fire load, building construction, fire/building codes, performance-based codes

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Fire protection development standards: clarifying the ambiguities of the fire code

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35316.pdf
Author: Brautaset, Glenn E.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, fire protection standards

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Fire protection risk reduction of off-campus student housing in College Park, Maryland

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36201.pdf
Author: Welsh, Frederick H.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire prevention, public education, college students, off-campus housing, fire/building codes, residential fire sprinklers

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Fire Scenarios in the Enforcement of Performance-Based Fire Safety Regulations

http://jfs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/5/354
Author: Vincent Brannigan, Anthony Kilpatrick
Date Published: September/October 20
Publisher: Journal of Fire Sciences
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes

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Fire sprinkler plan review check list and guide for plans reviewers

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo34344.pdf
Author: McHenry, Bill
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire protection technology, automatic fire sprinkers, fire/building codes, plan review

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First Combustible Metal-Deck Roof Fatalities

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/233159/25/none/none/Depar/FIRST-COMBUSTIBLE-METAL-DECK-ROOF-FATALITIES
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 2005
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Five Fatality Residential Motel Fire (Thornton, CO - January 1997)

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-104.pdf
Author: Thomas H. Miller
Date Published: 1997
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, motel fire, fire protection, fire/building codes, structural firefighting

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Flame Spread--The Secret Killer

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60124/25/none/none/Depar/FLAME-SPREAD--THE-SECRET-KILLER-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Four Fire Fatalities

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/58494/25/none/none/Depar/FOUR-FIRE-FATALITIES
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 1995
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Four-Fatality Fire in Residential Board and Care Facility, Bessemer, Alabama

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-043-508.pdf
Author: Jack Yates, Randolph Kirby
Date Published: 1990
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, nursing home fire, Initiative 14, senior citizens, fire/building codes

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Frank Brannigan`S Nightmare

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60255/25/none/none/Depar/FRANK-BRANNIGANS-NIGHTMARE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: March 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Hazard Clues: Old But Valid

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/225626/25/none/none/Depar/HAZARD-CLUES:-OLD-BUT-VALID
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: February 2005
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Hidden Fire and Collapse

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/58954/25/none/none/Depar/HIDDEN-FIRE-AND-COLLAPSE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 1996
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Hospital Fire Kills Four Patients, Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg, Virginia

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-080.pdf
Author: J. Gordon Routley, Reade Bush
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, hospital fire, fire/building codes

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Hurricane-Resistant Windows

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/212770/25/none/none/Depar/HURRICANE-RESISTANT-WINDOWS:-UPDATE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2004
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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I Would Do the Same Thing Again

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61612/25/none/none/Depar/%2522I-WOULD-DO-THE-SAME-THING-AGAIN%2522
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: July 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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In Memoriam

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59711/25/none/none/Depar/IN-MEMORIAM1-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Incorporating Risk Concepts into Performance-Based Building and Fire Code Development

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/Conf/confproceedings.pdf
Author: Brian J. Meacham
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

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Japanese Fire Safety Engineering

http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/338/801998JapanesefiresafetyengineeringprinciplesPDF482Kb_id1125338.pdf
Author: Coleman, Greg
Date Published: 1998
Publisher: Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council - Joint Committee on Fire R
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, performance-based codes, fire safety design

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Kona Village Apartments Fire, Bremerton, WA

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-121.pdf
Author: John Kimball
Date Published: 1997
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, apartment fire, fire protection, fire/building codes, structural firefighting, senior citizens

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Laminated Beams and Arches

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/128465/25/none/none/Depar/Laminated-Beams-and-Arches
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: November 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Minor Changes Cause Terrible Disaster

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/193658/25/none/none/Depar/%2522MINOR%2522-CHANGES-CAUSE-TERRIBLE-DISASTER
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: October 2003
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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Narrow Escape

http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/99074/25/none/none/Depar/NARROW-ESCAPE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: March 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan

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New York City Bank Building Fire: Compartmentation vs. Sprinklers

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-071.pdf
Author: J. Gordon Routley
Date Published: 1993
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, historical documentation, fatality/injury investigation, high-rise firefighting, autom

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