- Author
- Kobayashi, Y.
- Title
- Factors Determining Probability of Exceedance of Area Damaged by Fire.
- Coporate
- Taisei Corp., Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Karlsruhe, Germany, Karlsson, B., Editors, 1003-1014 p., 2008
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire science | risk analysis | statistics | probability | construction | risk assessment | fire statistics | fire losses | formulation | risks | earthquakes | office buildings | damage | shopping centers | industrial plants | warehouses | housing | apartments | extinguishing | fuel load | floors | timber
- Identifiers
- Japan; non-liner soil mechanics formulation (Hardin-Drnevich model); area damaged by fire; steps to be taken for estimating model parameters; fitting data from buildings in general; "probability of exceedance"; building categories tested; distinctions of two different categories of risks; worst ten fire-resistant apartment fires in Japan (1995-2001); variance by area of fire origin; dependence on early-stage extinguishing efforts; transition from small to extreme damage