- Author
- Williamson, R. B. | Groner, N.
- Title
- Ignition of Fires Following Earthquakes Associated With Natural Gas and Electric Distribution Systems.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Book or Conf
- Engineered Fire Protection Design...Applying Fire Science to Fire Protection Problems, International Conference. Proceedings. Co-organized by: Society of Fire Protection Engieners (SFPE) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). June 11-15, 2001, San Francisco, CA, 174-201 p., 2001
- Keywords
- fire protection | fire protection engineering | earthquakes | natural gas | ignition | fire safety | residential buildings | wooden structures | building materials | fire risk | scenarios
- Identifiers
- Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER); causes of post-earthquake fires related to gas and electric utility service; systems approach to post-earthquake fire safety; post-ignition residential fire scenarios; gas line fault ignition in one and two family dwellings; ignition times for wooden building materials; relationship between earthquake shaking intensity and fire occurrence; reducing gas faults inside buildings; alternative means to stop delivery of gas