Posts Tagged: fire protection engineering

A Building Evaluation Technique for Fire Suppression

Author: Robert C. Till
Date Published: 2000
Publisher: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Keywords: fire suppression, Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, building design, building evalution

Effect of Beamed, Sloped, and Sloped Beamed Ceilings on the Activation Time of a Residential Sprinkler

Author: Robert L. Vettori
Date Published: December 2003
Publisher: US Fire Administration/NIST
Keywords: residential fire sprinklers, Initiative 15, automatic fire sprinklers, fire protection engineering

Urban-wildland fires: on the ignition of surfaces by embers

Author: Manzello, Samuel L., Cleary, Thomas G., Shields, John R., and Yang, Jiann C
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, wildland-urban interface fires, surface ignition

The Role of Redundancy in Performance-Based Fire Safety Regulation

Author: Vincent Brannigan, Anthony Kilpatrick
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: INTERFLAM
Keywords: performance-based codes, redundancy, Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire/building codes

Estimates of the Operational Reliability of Fire Protection Systems

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

Using High Reliability Detection for Fire Service Response in Buildings

Author: Jones, W.W.; Bukowski, R.W.
Date Published: February 2001
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 8, Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, fire detection system, fire information

Fire Experiments of Zoned Smoke Control at the Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC

Author: Klote, J. H
Date Published: April 1990
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, smoke movement, smoke control

Design of Smoke Control Systems for Areas of Refuge

Author: Klote, J. H.
Date Published: March1993
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, smoke movement, smoke control

Hazards Due to Smoke Migration Through Elevator Shafts. Volume 1. Analysis and Discussion

Author: Klote, J. H.
Date Published: June 2004
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 2, Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, environmental risks, smoke movement, elevators, high-rise fires

Hazards Due to Smoke Migration Through Elevator Shafts. Volume 2. Results of Tenability Calculations

Author: Klote, J. H.
Date Published: June 2004
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 2, Initiative 15, fire protection engineering, environmental risks, smoke movement, elevators, high-rise fires