- Author
- Dunn, V.
- Title
- Building Construction and Fire Spread.
- Coporate
- New York City Fire Dept., NY
- Journal
- Firehouse, Vol. 21, No. 6, 16,18-21, June 1996
- Keywords
- building construction | fire spread | combustibility | structures | fire safety
- Identifiers
- Type 1 Construction Type: fire-resistive (originally designed to contain fire inside the building to one floor); Type 2 Construction Type: non-combustible (constructed building has a different recurring fire spread problem - fire spreads on the roof deck); Type 3 Construction Type: ordinary (building is also called a brick-and joist structure); Type 4 Construction Type: heavy timber (construction is sometimes called "mill construction" because it was the type of structure used at the turnof the century to house textile mills); Type 5 Construction Type: wood frame