- Author
- Tanaka, T.
- Title
- Risk-Based Selection of Design Fires to ensure an Acceptable Level of Evacuation Safety.
- Coporate
- Kyoto Univ., Japan
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Karlsruhe, Germany, Karlsson, B., Editors, 49-62 p., 2008
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire science | design fires | evacuation | fire risk | fire growth | verification | scenarios | acceptability | escape means | smoke control | fire walls | fire doors | sprinkler systems | room fires | fire statistics | home fires | building design | design applications | equations | fire data | office buildings | occupants | smoke | venting
- Identifiers
- Probability Density Functions (PDFs); accedptable risk; fire growth factor; performance-based fire safety design; procedure of evacuation safety verification; design elements affecting the evacuation safety assessment; scenario event tree for a fire room evacuation; arbitrary use and area; design fire for single scenario event; design fire for multiple scenario events; screening for evacuation safety design targets; fire statistics for several typical occupancies; ratios of fire incidence per unit area and casualties relative to dwelling house