- Author
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Fernandez, A. A.
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Jacobs, D. A.
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Kauffman, P. R.
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Keating, C. B.
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Sizemore, D. C.
- Title
- Assessing Community Fire Risk: A Decision Analysis Based Approach.
- Report
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Chapter 6,
- Book or Conf
- Special Problems in Fire Protection Engineering. Volume 4. Chapter 6. Applied Fire Science in Transition Series,
Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., Amityville, NY,
DeCicco, P. R., Editors,
73-91 p.,
2002
- Keywords
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fire protection engineering
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fire risk
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decision analysis
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fire risk assessment
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fire models
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structures
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building codes
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occupants
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factors
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probability
- Identifiers
- Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); grouping structures within the fire district; AHP as a tool for developing fire consequence values; summary descriptions of BOCA codes; summayr of factor intensities; pairwise comparison scale; determining relative importance through expert elicitation; pairwise comparison matrix: concentration factor; determining the consequence for each BOCA code; probability of fire; summary of derived consequence values; probability of fire by BOCA code; fire risk potential of structures; derivation of a single valued risk metric; scaled risk measures; grouping structures into risk classes