Initiative 15: Life Safety Science and Applications (Subscribe)
Categories
- Fire Protection Engineering (96) updated
- Fire Science (81)
- Fire and Building Codes (91) updated
Links
Cross-connection control regulations: an analytical study of the impacts to fire sprinkler installations
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D148290
Author: Brautaset, Glenn E
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, cross-connection control regulations, backflow
Defining Flashover for Fire Hazard Calculations
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire99/PDF/f99054.pdf
Author: Peacock, R. D.; Reneke, P. A.; Bukowski, R. W.; Babrauskas, V.
Date Published: June 1999
Publisher: Fire Safety Journal
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire science, flashover, fire behavior%0a
Defining Flashover for Fire Hazard Calculations, Part 2
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03001.pdf
Author: Babrauskas, V.; Peacock, R. D.; Reneke, P. A
Date Published: November 2003
Publisher: Fire Safety Journal
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire science, flashover, fire behavior%0a
Demonstration Testing: Extinguishment of Kitchen Fires and the Effect of Sprinklers in a Residential Setting
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Proceedings/Demonstration_Testing.._-_J._Huczek.pdf
Author: Jason P. Huczek
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, sprinkler tests, kitchen fires%0a
Design of Smoke Control Systems for Areas of Refuge
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire93/PDF/f93011.pdf
Author: Klote, J. H.
Date Published: March1993
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, smoke movement, smoke control, areas of refuge%0a
Design of steel structures under fire conditions
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/93519617/ABSTRACT
Author: I D Bennetts, I R Thomas
Date Published: Vol. 4, Issue 1, 200
Publisher: Progress in Structural Engineering and Materials
Keywords: Initiative 15, building construction, fire performance, steel%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
Effect of Beamed, Sloped, and Sloped Beamed Ceilings on the Activation Time of a Residential Sprinkler
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%0a
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%0a
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 %0a
Effective Code Enforcement in Public School Facilities
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo41573.pdf
Author: Newberry, Bryan E.
Date Published: January 2008
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: None
Eight-Fatality Row House Fire, Chester, Pennsylvania: Lessons Learned from Residential Fires with Five or More Fatalities
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%0a
Elevator Design For The 21st Century: Design Criteria For Elevators When Used As The Primary Means Of Evacuation During Fire Emergencies
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%0a
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%0a
Engineering Analysis of the Early Stages of Fire Development--The Fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel and Casino--December 31, 1986
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%0a
Eruptive Fire Behaviour in Past Fatal Accidents
http://wildfirelessons.net/documents/Viegas%20et%20al.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%0a
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%0a
Evacuation plans for high-rise buildings related to building fire codes
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D156529
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