Initiative 15: Life Safety Science and Applications (Subscribe)
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The Chicago Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/197916/25/none/none/Depar/THE-CHICAGO-TRAGEDY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: December 2003
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Cocoanut Grove Fire: A Nonmystery
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/83438/25/none/none/Depar/THE-COCOANUT-GROVE-FIRE:-A-NONMYSTERY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Dangerous "Five Classes of Buildings
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61158/25/none/none/Depar/THE-DANGEROUS-%2522FIVE-CLASSES-OF-BUILDINGS%2522
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The development of a fire safety education program for the residence halls of California State Unive
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35931.pdf
Author: Cabral, Richard L.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire prevention, dormitory fires, public education, fire code enforcement, automatic fire sprinklers
The Fire Experience in Home Day Care Occupancies
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tr_98kw.pdf
Author: Kenneth E. Wood
Date Published: September 1998
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 7, Fire Research, Risk Assessments, Initiative 15, Fire Codes, Fire Data Collection
The Future of Fire Investigation
http://firechief.com/mag/firefighting_future_fire_investigation/index.html
Author: Daniel Madrzykowski
Date Published: October 2000
Publisher: Fire Chief
Keywords: Initiative 8, fire investigation, computer modeling, fire science
The Haines Index and Idaho Wildfire Growth
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/fmt63_4_72DPI.pdf
Author: Paul Werth and Richard Ochoa
Date Published: Fall 2004
Publisher: Fire Management Today
Keywords: Initiative 3, wildland firefighting, wildland fire behavior, fire science, weather conditions
The Houston Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/103121/25/none/none/Depar/THE-HOUSTON-TRAGEDY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 2001
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Louisville Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59514/25/none/none/Depar/THE-LOUISVILLE-TRAGEDY-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 1997
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Need for Scientific Fire Investigations
http://www.fpemag.com/_pdf/archives/FPE_FALL_2000.pdf
Author: Richard A. Ogle
Date Published: Fall 2000
Publisher: Fire Protection Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 9, fire investigation, Initiative 15, fire protection engineering
The Omega Sprinkler Head: Performance Testing in Fairfax County
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60172/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/THE-OMEGA-SPRINKLER-HEAD:--PERFORMANCE-TESTING-IN-FAIRFAX-COUNT
Author: Carl A. Maurice
Date Published: February 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, automatic fire sprinklers, Omega sprinkler head
The Possible Relation of Air Turbulence to Erratic Fire Behavior in the Southeast
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/fmt63_3_72DPI.pdf
Author: George M. Byram and Ralph M. Nelson
Date Published: Summer 2003
Publisher: Fire Management Today
Keywords: Initiative 3, wildland firefighting, wildland fire behavior, fire science, weather conditions
The Probability of Death in the Room of Fire Origin: An Engineering Formula
http://jfe.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/4/19
Author: AM Hasofer
Date Published: Vol. 10, No. 4, 19-2
Publisher: Journal of Fire Protection Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, fire behavior
The process for fire code deferment in the Mat-Su Borough, Alaska
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Krill, Jack
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, Fire Codes, Code Enforcement, Fire Prevention, Fire Protection
The Role of Redundancy in Performance-Based Fire Safety Regulation
http://ans.hsh.no/if/brann/InterFlam/InterFlam%252004/files/413.pdf
Author: Vincent Brannigan, Anthony Kilpatrick
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: INTERFLAM
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire/building codes, performance-based codes, redundancy
The Unexpected Killer
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60783/25/none/none/Depar/THE-UNEXPECTED-KILLER
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: January 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
The Worcester Tragedy
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/89638/25/none/none/Depar/THE-WORCESTER-TRAGEDY
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: December 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Theoretical Analysis of Light-Weight Truss Construction in Fire Conditions, Including the Use of Fir
http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-050506-114556/unrestricted/GZiemba.pdf
Author: Gilead Ziemba
Date Published: May 2006
Publisher: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Keywords: Initiative 15, building construction, lightweight truss, fire resistance
Three Panel Workstation Fire
http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/work3/work3.html
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1991
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, fire test, workstation fire
Three Types of Horizontal Vortices Observed in Wildland Mass and Crown Fires
http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%252F1520-0450(1987)026%253C1624:TTOHVO%253E2.0.CO%253B2
Author: Haines, Donald A; Smith, Mahlon C
Date Published: Volume 26, Issue 12
Publisher: Journal of Applied Meteorology
Keywords: Initiative 15, wildland firefighting, horizontal vortices, crown fires, wildland fire management
Tilt-Slab Concrete
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/259667/25/none/none/Depar/TILT-SLAB-CONCRETE
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: July 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Two Fatality Board and Care Facility Fire, Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center, Miami, Florida
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-090.pdf
Author: Sheila-Faith Barry
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, multicasualty incident, healthcare facility, fire/building codes, evacuation
Two Panel Workstation Fire
http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/work2/work2.html
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1991
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, fire test, workstation fire
U.S. Experience with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing Equipment
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/OSsprinklers.pdf
Author: Kimberly D. Rohr and John R. Hall, Jr.
Date Published: August 2005
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Keywords: Initiative 9, automatic fire sprinklers, fire prevention, fire protection
Urban-wildland fires: on the ignition of surfaces by embers
http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05110.pdf
Author: Manzello, Samuel L., Cleary, Thomas G., Shields, John R., and Yang, Jiann C
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, wildland-urban interface fires, surface ignition, embers