- Author
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Dunn, V.
- Title
- Wood-Frame Building Fires and Collapses.
- Journal
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Firehouse,
Vol. 27,
No. 9,
20,22-24,
September 2002
- Keywords
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wooden structures
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building collapse
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building fires
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building construction
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roofs
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floors
- Identifiers
- braced-frame construction; balloon-frame construction; platform construction; lightweight wood truss construction; roof, floor and wall collapses; types of wall collapse; collapse warning signs; wood-frame buildings standing alone or laocated at a corner; causes of an inward/outward collapse; mortise and tenon joints; exterior wall overlaod