- Author
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Takata, A.
- Title
- Mathematical Modeling of Fire Defenses. Part 2. Final Technical Report. May 1969-February 1970.
- Coporate
- IIT Research Inst., Chicago, IL
- Sponsor
- Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
- Report
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Project J6179; OCD Work Unit 2526A; Final Technical Report
March 1970
72 p.
- Contract
- DAHC-20-70-C-0209
- Keywords
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fire protection
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mathematical models
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building fires
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fire departments
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fire spread
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fire fighting
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nuclear warfare
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shelters (fallout)
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effectiveness
- Identifiers
- self-help teams
- Abstract
- This report cover the development of a computer code to predict the effects of civilian and professional fire fighting on building fires initiated within an urban area by a nuclear attack. Cities are represented by a few thousand tracts, each of which is described in terms of the composition and size of its built-up area and the lengths and widths of firebreaks between it and built-up areas in adjacent tracts. The fire fighting forces consist of two-man teams called self-help teams that can handle small fires in furnishings, four-man teams called brigades that can handle fully developed room fires in their early stages, and fianlly fire department units.