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Author
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Title
Building Firesafety Evaluation. WPI Center for Firesafety Studies.
Coporate
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
Report
2nd Printing, June 1984, 687 p.
Keywords
fire safety evaluation system | effectiveness | fire growth | barrier analysis | sprinklers | evaluation | fire departments | smoke | life safety | egress | surveys | building design | evacuation
Identifiers
fire defense mechanisms; engineering method; reading network diagrams; measures of effectiveness; fire-growth hazard potential; flame movement beyond room of origin; fire department suppression; L-curve for the room of origin; prevent established burning; smoke curves; evaluating spaces for smoke tenability; property protection; continuity of operations; equipment effectiveness; application of the engineering method