- Author
- Gann, R. G.
- Title
- Research Program to Determine When and How to Include Sublethal Effects of Smoke in Fire Safety Decisions.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 6588, November 2000,
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 15th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 1. Proceedings. March 1-7, 2000, San Antonio, TX, Bryner, S. L., Editors, 127-134 p., 2000
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire research | smoke | survival | decision making | exposure | toxicology | smoke transport | fire data | fire risk | risk analysis
- Identifiers
- smoke lethality; sublethal effexts of smoke; ISO DIS 13571; exposure limits for selected gases; fire characterization; societal analysis; risk calculations; dissemination
- Abstract
- It has long been realized that the sublethal effects of smoke can affect survival in fires, but only sparse data were available on which to base fire safety decisions. A recent draft standard under consideration in the International Standards Organization Committee on Fire Safety has prompted an industry/government consortium to conduct research on the role of sublethal effects of smoke in evaluating building and/or product fire safety. This paper outlines the components of this high visibility and high potential impact study.