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Author: Ramsay, G. C. | McArthur, N. A. | Dowling, V. P.
Title: Building in a Fire-Prone Environment: Research on Building Survival in Two Major Bushfires.
Coporate: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
Journal: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. 116, 133-140, 1996
Keywords: bush fires | survival | fire prevention | building design | surveys | ignition | housing | building construction | statistics | walls | cladding | statistical analysis | damage | classificaitons | risks | roofs | occupants | human behaivor | vegetation
Identifiers: Australia; surveys of building performance; classification of damage; wall cladding; Otway Ranges statistical analysis; roof cladding; degree of elevation; occupant action; area of glazing; mechanisms of ignition and destruction; 'explosing' houses