Initiative 15: Life Safety Science and Applications (Subscribe)
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- Fire Science (81)
- Safety Engineering (1)
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Using High Reliability Detection for Fire Service Response in Buildings
http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire01/art040.html
Author: Jones, W.W.; Bukowski, R.W.
Date Published: February 2001
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire detection system, Initiative 8, fire information, strategic/tactical technology
Video-based Smoke Detection: Possibilities, Techniques, and Challenges
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Proceedings/Video-based_Smoke_Detection...-_Z.Xiong_et_al.pdf
Author: Ziyou Xiong, Rodrigo Caballero, Hongcheng Wang, Alan M. Finn, Muhidin A. Lelic, and Pei-Yuan Peng
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Keywords: Initiative 15, video-based smoke detectors, Initiative 14
Water Flow Demands for Firefighting
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/fire/2005/00000041/00000003/00001269?crawler=true
Author: Hadjisophocleous, G.; Richardson, J.
Date Published: July 2005
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire flow; heat release rate, structural firefighting, water flow demands
Water spray as a fire suppression agent for aircraft cargo compartment fires
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Marker, Timothy R. and Reinhardt, John W.
Date Published: June 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, water spray, aircraft fire protection
Why sprinkler the club? A study of the role of sprinklers and evacuation plans in the Station Club f
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Bleskachek, Bonnie
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, fire/building codes, evacuation plans, nightclubs, places of public assembly
Wildland-Urban Interface and Wildland Fires
http://www2.bfrl.nist.gov/userpages/wmell/public.html
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire tests, fire behavior, computer modeling, wildland-urban interface fires, vegetative fuels, structural fuels
Wooden Pallet Fire
http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/pall/pa.html
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, fire test, wooden pallet fire
WTC: Lightweight Steel and High-Rise Buildings
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/143734/25/none/none/Depar/WTC:-LIGHTWEIGHT-STEEL-AND-HIGH-RISE-BUILDINGS
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: April 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan