Initiative 15: Life Safety Science and Applications (Subscribe)
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- Fire Protection Engineering (96) new updated
- Fire Science (81)
- Fire and Building Codes (91) new updated
- Safety Engineering (3) new
Links
Something for Everybody
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60566/25/none/none/Depar/SOMETHING-FOR-EVERYBODY-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Sprinkler Decision Tool for Communities Project
http://www.nist.gov/el/fire_protection/buildings/sprinkler_decision_tool_for_communities.cfm
Author: David T. Butry
Date Published: 4/10/2011
Publisher: NIST
Keywords: Residential Sprinklers
Sprinkler system efficiency: a report on an investigative programme
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Glockling, James and Stephens, John
Date Published: August 2000
Publisher: Fire Safety Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers%0a
Sprinklered Records Storage Facility, Chicago, Illinois
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-106.pdf
Author: Thomas H. Miller
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, storage facility fire, fire protection, fire/building codes, structural firefighting%0a
Sprinklers
http://www.nist.gov/fire/fire_protection.cfm
Author: NIST
Date Published: 4/10/2011
Publisher: NIST
Keywords: Residential Sprinklers
Sprinklers Control Arson Fires in Rack-Storage Warehouse, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-030.pdf
Author: April Berkol
Date Published: 1988
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, warehouse fire, automatic fire sprinklers, rack storage, Initiative 14%0a
Sprinklers Out of Service
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/154463/25/none/none/Depar/SPRINKLERS-OUT-OF-SERVICE--
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: August 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Sprinklers: interpreting the statistics
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/282316/25/ARCHI/none/Depar/SPRINKLERS:-INTERPRETING-THE-STATISTICS
Author: Licht, Richard R.
Date Published: January 2007
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, automatic fire sprinklers, Initiative 14%0a
Standard Fire Tests of WTC Tower Typical Floor Construction
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/build05/PDF/b05022.pdf
Author: Gross, J. L.
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, building construction, World Trade Center%0a
State Certification Requirements for Fire Code Enforcement
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo41104.pdf
Author: Bohm, Tommy J.
Date Published: June 2007
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: None
Stress, job satisfaction, coping, and psychological distress among emergency medical technicians.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=10179201
Author: Boudreauz, E; Mandry, C; Brantley, PJ
Date Published: 1997 Oct-Dec;12(4):
Publisher: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 15, mental health risks, EMTs, EMS response%0a
Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Ordinary Construction Warehouse
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03093.pdf
Author: Stroup, D. W.; Madrzykowski, D.; Walton, W. D.; Twilley, W. H.
Date Published: May 2003
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire tests, structural collapse, collapse predictors,building construction, Initiative 2%0a
Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Wood Frame Structures
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire04/PDF/f04018.pdf
Author: Stroup, D. W.; Bryner, N. P.; Lee, J. H.; McElroy, J. A.; Roadarmel, G. L.; Twilley, W. H.
Date Published: March 2004
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire tests, structural collapse, collapse predictors, building construction, Initiative 2%0a
Study of Technology for Detecting Pre-Ignition Conditions of Cooking-Related Fires Associated With Electric and Gas Ranges and Cooktops. Final Report
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire98/PDF/f98064.pdf
Author: Johnsson, E. L.
Date Published: January 1998
Publisher: Consumer Products Safety Commission/NIST
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, heat detection, kitchen fires%0a
Study on Total Evacuation Versus Select Evacuation for High-Rise Office Buildings
http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2646
Author: Hartmann, Suzette Marina
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: University of Maryland
Keywords: Initiative 15, high-rise fires, evacuation%0a
Sublethal effects of fire smoke
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Gann, Richard G.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, Initiative 14, smoke toxicity, toxic exposure, environmental risks%0a
Suppressant Concentration Requirements for Continuously-Energized Equipment Fires
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire97/PDF/f97197.pdf
Author: Braun, E.; Womeldorf, C. A.; King, M. D.; Kelly, A. A.
Date Published: 1997
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, electrical fires, extinguishing agents, energized equipment fires, fire suppression, Class C fires%0a
Tech Hotels Update
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/137482/25/none/none/Depar/TECH-HOTELS-UPDATE-
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: February 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
Ten Elderly Victims from Intermediate Care Facility Fire Colorado Springs, Colorado
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-050.pdf
Author: Jack Yates
Date Published: 1991
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, nursing home fire, Initiative 14, senior citizens, building/fire codes%0a
Ten-Fatality Board and Care Facility Fire, Detroit, Michigan
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-066.pdf
Author: Mark Chubb
Date Published: 1992
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, nursing home fire, Initiative 14, senior citizens, fire/building codes
The Building Department Said the Walls Were Ok, But...
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60356/25/none/none/Depar/THE-BUILDING-DEPARTMENT-SAID-THE-WALLS-WERE-OK,-BUT
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: May 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
The development of a fire safety education program for the residence halls of California State University, Fresno
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%0a