- 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