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Active fire protection
About: Active fire protection is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 615 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6362 citations.
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01 Jan 1984
TL;DR: In this paper, Wildland Fire Fundamentals and Wildland Fuels: Wildland Forests, Wildland Fires, and Forests of the United States: A Review of Fire Management.
Abstract: FIRE ENVIRONMENT. Wildland Fire Fundamentals. Fire Behavior. Wildland Fuels. Fire Weather. FIRE REGIME. Fire Ecology. Fire and Culture. Administration of Fire Regimes. FIRE MANAGEMENT. Programs for Fire Management. Fire Suppression. Prescribed Fire. GLOBAL FIRE. Global Fire. Bibliography. Credits. Index.
1,086 citations
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24 Apr 2001
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a conceptual framework for fire safety in buildings based on fire safety objectives process of fire development, fire severity and fire severity standard fire equivalent fire severity.
Abstract: Fire safety in buildings - overview: fire safety objectives process of fire development conceptual framework for fire safety fire resistance controlling fire spread building construction for fire safety. Fire and heat - overview: fuels combustion fire initiation burning objects t-squared fires pre-flashover design fires heat transfer. Room fires - overview: pre-flashover fires flashover post-flashover fires design fires other factors. Fire severity - overview: fire severity and fire resistance fire severity standard fire equivalent fire severity. Fire resistance - overview: fire resistance assessing fire resistance fire-resistance tests approved fire-resistance ratings fire resistance by calculation fire resistance of assemblies. Design of structures exposed to fire - overview: structural design at normal temperatures structural design in fire conditions material properties in fire design of individual members exposed to fire design of structural assemblies exposed to fire. Steel structures: overview: behaviour of steel structures in fire fire-resistance ratings steel temperatures protection systems mechanical properties of steel at elevated temperature design of steel members exposed to fire design of steel buildings exposed to fire. Concrete structures - overview: behaviour of concrete structures in fire fire-resistance ratings concrete and reinforcing temperatures mechanical properties of concrete at elevated temperatures design of concrete members exposed to fire composite steel-concrete construction exposed to fire. Timber structures - overview: description of timber construction fire-resistance ratings wood temperatures mechanical properties of wood design concepts for heavy timber exposed to fire design of heavy timber members exposed to fire behaviour of timber connections in fire.
833 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the available literature on human behaviour in a fire so far as building safety is concerned is presented as an overview of the critical factors which determine occupants' fire response performances, namely the characteristics of fire, human beings and buildings.
462 citations
01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Manual of Practice for Structural Fire Protection, which provides information on current techniques and developments to improve fire safety in buildings, as well as a review of existing fire safety guidelines.
Abstract: Sponsored by the Structural Division of ASCEStructural Fire Protection provides information on current techniques and developments to improve fire safety in buildings. This Manual of Practice estab...
273 citations