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Author
Kerber, S. I. | Madrzykowski, D.
Title
Positive Pressure Ventilation Research: Videos and Reports.
Coporate
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
Keywords
ventilation | pressure | high rise buildings | experiments | computational fluid dynamics | room fires | evaluation | simulation | scenarios | fire fighters | fire fighting training | structures | apartments | cameras
Identifiers
Positive Pressure Ventilation (PVV); Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)
Abstract
This DVD set includes a presentation vidoe that explains Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV), examines the results of NIST's PPV research and closes with a focus on the use of PPV tactics in high-rise buildings. All of the NIST PPV reports referenced in the presentation are included on Disc 1. All of the videos from the high-rise fire experiments are also provided with user-friendly, graphic menu that can be used on a PC or a DVD player. NIST, with support from USFA, DHS and fire departments across the country, has taken engineeing principles and applied then to fire service PPV tactice in order to improve fire fighter safety.