- Author
- Smith, R. L.
- Title
- EXPOSURE80A: A Computer Program Version of NFPA 80A.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Air Force Engineering and Services Center, Tyndall AFB, FL
- Report
- NISTIR 4372, July 1990, 48 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- fire codes | building codes | computer programs | exposure
- Identifiers
- EXPOSURE80A; NFPA 80A; EXPOSURE
- Abstract
- This report describes a computer program, EXPOSURE80A, written in Symbolics Common Lisp, that leads the user through NFPA 80A: Recommended Practice for Protection of Buildings from Exterior Fire Exposures. EXPOSURE80A is designed for use by fire protection professionals. It tells the user whether two buildings comply with the recommendations of NFPA 80A and if they do not, it suggests changes that will bring the buildings into compliance. EXPOSURE80A is easier to use than the written version of NFPA 80A since an understanding of NFPA 80A is not required. The approach used in EXPOSURE80A provides valuable information about the knowledge required of the user and the appropriate interface for the targeted class of users of an expert system, EXPOSURE, which is described in National Institute of Standards and Technology report NISTIR 4373.