Initiative 15: Life Safety Science and Applications (Subscribe)
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Prevention through education and uniform codes: an answer to reducing the nation's fire problem
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Murphy, Dana B
Date Published: 1994
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, public education, Initiative 15, fire code enforcement, fire prevention, fire/building codes
Protecting Fire Fighters Exposed in Room Fires. Part 1. Comparison of Results of Bench Scale Test fo
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire88/PDF/f88008.pdf
Author: Krasny, J. F.; Rockett, J. A.; Huang, D.
Date Published: February 1988
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, situational risks, room fires, thermal protection, flashover
Protecting Fire Fighters Exposed in Room Fires. Part 2. Performance of Turnout Coat Materials Under
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire90/PDF/f90013.pdf
Author: Peacock, R. D.; Krasny, J. F.; Rockett, J. A.; Huang, D.
Date Published: August 1990
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, situational risks, room fires, thermal protection, flashover
Protection of firefighters under the building codes
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Bukowski, Richard W.
Date Published: January 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, fire protection engineering, performance-based codes, model building codes
Pyramidal Roofs
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/151154/25/none/none/Depar/PYRAMIDAL-ROOFS
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 2002
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Quantitative Backdraft Experiments
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire94/PDF/f94135.pdf
Author: Fleischmann, C. M.; Pagni, P. J.; Williamson, R. B.
Date Published: 1994
Publisher: International Association for Fire Safety Science/NIST
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, experimental fire testing, fire behavior, backdraft, compartment fires
Rapid Fire Spread and Other Deadly Hazards
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59123/25/none/none/Depar/RAPID-FIRE-SPREAD-AND-OTHER--DEADLY-HAZARDS--
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: June 1996
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Real Fire Performance of Partition Assemblies
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05112.pdf
Author: Manzello, S. L.; Gann, R. G.; Kukuck, S. R.; Prasad, K. R.; Jones, W. W.
Date Published: November/December 20
Publisher: Fire and Materials
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire science, partition assemblies, fire performance, fire resistance
Reconstruction of the Fires in the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Inves
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire05/PDF/f05128.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: September 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 9, World Trade Center, fire behavior, fire modeling, Initiative 15
Reliability of Automatic Sprinkler Systems
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Proceedings/Reliability_of_Automatic_Sprinkler_Systems-W.Koffel_paper.pdf
Author: William Koffel
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, sprinkler reliability
Report of Tactical Ventilation Trials at The Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh
http://www.firetactics.com/Moreton%2520tests%25202.pdf
Author: Bowser, Turpin, Sproat
Date Published: 1998
Publisher: Not Listed
Keywords: Initiative 3, structural firefighting, tactics and tasks, ventilation, positive pressure ventilation, Initiative 15, fire tests
Research Investigation for Determination of Residential Sprinkler Performance
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire04/PDF/f04102.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: Febraury 2004
Publisher: Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated; National Institute for Standards a
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, residential fire sprinklers
Residential Fire Sprinkler Tests
http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/sprink/
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, fire test, residential fire sprinklers
Residential Fire Sprinklers…A Step-By-Step Approach for Communities
http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/IAFCbooklet.pdf
Author: Jim Dalton, Steve Hart
Date Published: June 2003
Publisher: National Fire Sprinkler Association/International Association of Fire Chief
Keywords: Initiative 14, public fire education, automatic fire sprinklers, residential fire sprinklers
Residential sprinklers for Frederick County, Maryland - a quick response
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo37004.pdf
Author: Dmuchowski, Michael P
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire protection technology, automatic fire sprinkers, residential fire sprinklers, public fire education
Response to fire alarm signals and evacuation compliance by occupants of alarm protected properties:
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36393.pdf
Author: Silver, Christopher
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire protection technology, fire alarm systems, evacuation, fire/building codes
Retrofitting high-rise buildings with fire protection sprinkler systems: analyzing the costs and ben
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36233.pdf
Author: Bousquet, Art
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 14, fire protection technology, automatic fire sprinklers, high-rise buildings, sprinkler retrofit
Review of Residential Sprinkler Systems: Research and Standards
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/nistir6941.pdf
Author: Daniel Madrzykowski, Russell P. Fleming
Date Published: January 2002
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 15, residential fire sprinklers
Sealability Properties of Fluorine-Free Fire-Figthing Foams
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Proceedings/Sealability_Properties_of_Fluorine-Free_Fire_Fighting_Foams_.pdf
Author: Ted H. Schaefer, Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski, and Eric M. Kenned
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Keywords: Initiative 15, extinguishing agents, Class B foams, flammable liquid firefighting
Shenandoah Retirement Home Fire, Roanoke County, Virginia
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-038.pdf
Author: Randolph E. Kirby
Date Published: 1989
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 9, lessons-learned fire report, retirement home fire, Initiative 14, senior citizens, fire/building codes
Should There Be a Smoke Control Sector?
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/61475/25/none/none/Depar/SHOULD-THERE-BE-A-SMOKE-CONTROL-SECTOR?
Author: Francis L. Brannigan
Date Published: September 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire/building codes, building construction, Initiative 2, historical documentation, operational safety, fire science, Brannigan
Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in a One-Story Restaurant, Texas, February 14, 2000
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire03/PDF/f03019.pdf
Author: Vettori, R. L.; Madrzykowski, D.; Walton, W. D.
Date Published: October 2002
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, computer simulation, flashover, Initiative 9, fatality investigation, restaurant fire
Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in a Two-Story Duplex, Iowa, December 22, 1999
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire02/PDF/f02012.pdf
Author: Madrzykowski, D.; Forney, G. P.; Walton, W. D.
Date Published: January 2002
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, computer simulation, flashover, Initiative 9, fatality investigation, residential fire
Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in the Basement of a Hardware Store - New York, June 17, 2001
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire06/PDF/f06006.pdf
Author: Bryner, N. P.; Kerber, S.
Date Published: May 2004
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, computer simulation, flashover, Initiative 9, fatality investigation, commercial basement fire
Simulation of the Dynamics of the Fire at 3146 Cherry Road NE Washington D.C., May 30, 1999
http://www.fire.nist.gov/CDPUBS/NISTIR_6510/index.html
Author: Madrzykowski, Daniel and Vettori, Robert L.
Date Published: April 2000
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire behavior, computer simulation, flashover, Initiative 9, fatality investigation, residential fire