- Author
- Evans, D. D.
- Title
- U.S. Overview of Fires Following Earthquakes.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 14th Joint Panel Meeting. Proceedings. May 28-June 3, 1998, ['Tsukuba, Japan', 'Tokyo, Japan'], 138-141 p., 1998
- Keywords
- fire safety | earthquakes | fire protection | urban fires | structures | fire spread | sprinkler systems | simulation
- Identifiers
- HAZUS software: being developed to perform standardized earthquake loss estimations that include the losses produced by fires following earthquakes; resistance of structures to fire spread; Northridge earthquake, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, Monday, January 17, 1994
- Abstract
- Studies following the Northridge, California earthquake examined the earthquake related fire events and also the performance of fire protection systems for buildings. New work looked at the protection of the building envelope from external fire sources. This problem is also related to more frequent urban fire events where structures are threatened by fire starting in wildland vegetation. New software, HAZUS, is been developed to perform standardized earthquake loss estimations that included the losses produced by fires following earthquakes.