Initiative 15: Life Safety Science and Applications (Subscribe)
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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
Development of Residential Sprinklers and Issues Highlighted by Recent Research
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire00/PDF/f00110.pdf
Author: Kung, H. C.
Date Published: November 2000
Publisher: U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, residential fire sprinklers
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
Dresser Fire
http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/dress2/dress2.html
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, fire test, dresser fire
Early Warning Capabilities for Firefighters: Testing of Collapse Prediction Technologies
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03072.pdf
Author: Duron, Z. H.
Date Published: February 2003
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, structural collapse, structural firefighting hazards, Initiative 8, collapse prediction
Economic Analysis of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/NIST_IR_7277.pdf
Author: Hayden Brown
Date Published: December 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, residential fire sprinklers
Effect of an Obstructed Ceiling on the Activation Time of a Residential Sprinkler
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire98/PDF/f98149.pdf
Author: Vettori, R. L.
Date Published: November 1998
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, fire test, residential fire sprinklers, obstructed ceiling
Effect of Beamed, Sloped, and Sloped Beamed Ceilings on the Activation Time of a Residential Sprinkl
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03131.pdf
Author: Robert L. Vettori
Date Published: December 2003
Publisher: US Fire Administration/NIST
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, residential fire sprinklers, automatic fire sprinklers, ceiling construction
Effect of Positive Pressure Ventilation on a Room Fire
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05018.pdf
Author: Stephen Kerber, William D. Walton
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, positive pressure ventilation, smoke movement, room fire, Initiative 8, tactical technology, structural firefighting
Effect of Water Sprays on Fire Fighter Thermal Imagers
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire04/PDF/f04097.pdf
Author: Widmann, J. F.; Duchez, J.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Safety Journal
Keywords: Initiative 15, Initiative 8, tactical technology, thermal imaging camera, water sprays, radiation extinction
Eight-Fatality Row House Fire, Chester, Pennsylvania: Lessons Learned from Residential Fires with Fi
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
Elevator Design For The 21st Century: Design Criteria For Elevators When Used As The Primary Means O
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire92/PDF/f92012.pdf
Author: Elmer F. Chapman
Date Published: 1990-91
Publisher: Journal of Applied Fire Science
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, elevators, high-rise firefighting, high-rise evacuation
Enclosure Smoke Filling and Management with Mechanical Ventilation
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p0n077583l13w87g/
Author: Frederick W. Mowrer
Date Published: Vol 38, Number 1 / J
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, smoke control, mechanical ventilation
Engineering Analysis of the Early Stages of Fire Development--The Fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel and
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire87/PDF/f87003.pdf
Author: Nelson, H. E.
Date Published: May 1987
Publisher: Not Listed
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, fire development, Initiative 9, Dupont Plaza Fire
Eruptive Fire Behaviour in Past Fatal Accidents
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/Viegas%2520et%2520al.pdf
Author: D. X. Viegas, L. P. Pita, L. Ribeiro and P. Palheiro
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: Eighth International Wildland Fire Safety Summit,
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, wildland fire behavior, blow-up
Estimates of the Operational Reliability of Fire Protection Systems
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire99/PDF/f99079.pdf
Author: Bukowski, R. W.; Budnick, E. K.; Schemel, C. F.
Date Published: October 1999
Publisher: Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire protection systems, reliability analysis
Estimating Data for the Incapacitation of People by Fire Smoke
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire04/PDF/f04008.pdf
Author: Gann, R. G.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, Initiative 14, smoke toxicity, toxic exposure, environmental risks
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
Evaluating Positive Pressure Ventilation In Large Structures: High-Rise Pressure Experiments
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/NIST_IR_7412.pdf
Author: Stephen Kerber, Daniel Madrzykowski, David Stroup
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, positive pressure ventilation, smoke movement, high-rise fires, high-rise firefighting, Initiative 8, tactical technology
Evaluation of Toxic Potency Values for Smoke From Products and Materials
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire04/PDF/f04014.pdf
Author: Neviaser, J. L.; Gann, R. G.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, environmental risks, smoke toxicity
Experimental Fires in Multiroom/Corridor Enclosures.
http://www.fire.nist.gov/fastdata/docs/gcr502.pdf
Author: Heskestad, G.; Hill, J. P.
Date Published: January 1986
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire tests, fire behavior, multiroom fires, healthcare facilities, smoke movement, flashover
Experimental study of fire ventilation procedures in a large hall
http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=200210211331CE&q=positive+pressure+ventilation+fire+firefighting&uid=790706146&setcookie=yes
Author: Svensson, S.; Werling, P.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: InterFlam 2001: 9th International Fire Science & Engineering Conference
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, fire testing, structural firefighting, ventilation, large structures
Experimental Study on Fire Hazard of Residential Fires Before and After Sprinkler Activation
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire97/PDF/f97150.pdf
Author: Sekizawa, A.; Takemoto, A.; Kozeki, D.; Yanai, E.; Suzuki, K.
Date Published: June 1997
Publisher: U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources , Fire Rese
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, residential fire sprinklers
Exploratory backdraft experiments
http://www.springerlink.com/content/h733g46816366833/
Author: Charles M. Fleischmann, Patrick J. Pagni and R. Brady Williamson
Date Published: November 1993
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, fire behavior, backdraft
Extended Abstracts and Presentations from the Workshop on Fire Growth and Spread on Objects
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03145.pdf
Author: Peacock, R. D.; Pitts, W. M
Date Published: May 2003
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire growth, fire spread, fire science