- Author
- Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- State of Fire Research and Safety.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceeding. 2nd International Symposium. June 13-17, 1988, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, Tokyo, Japan, Wakamatsu, T.; Hasemi, Y.; Sekizawa, A.; Seeger, P. G.; Pagni, P. J.; Grant, C. E., Editors, 15-28 p., 1988
- Keywords
- fire research | costs | fire losses | statistics | fire growth
- Abstract
- A review is made of available international statistics on the costs and losses due to fire. Estimates are also made on the level of fire research carried out by different countries. Views are presented on strategies for reducing the losses and costs by fire. An example is given to illustrate a rational use of test data to predict fire growth on materials.