- Author
- Smith, J. B. | Cousins, E. W. | Newman, R. M.
- Title
- Fire Hazard to Fallout Shelter Occupants: A Classification Guide. Laboratory Report.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
- Report
- FMRC Serial No. 15328, April 3, 1964, 31 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- OCD-PS-64-40
- Keywords
- shelters (fallout) | fire hazard | human behavior | fire protection engineering | occupants
- Abstract
- A method of classifying the hazard from fire to occupants of fallout shelters is presented. It represents, in the form of a simple survey, a conservative fire protection engineering approach with a high confidence factor. The intention of this study is not to relate fire safety to weapons effects; instead it addresses the problem that should fires occur - from any cause - would the occupantsof a particular fallout shelter be safe from fire?