- Author
- Bukowski, R. W. | Peacock, R. D. | Jones, W. W. | Forney, C. L.
- Title
- Technical Reference Guide for the HAZARD I Fire Hazard Assessment Method. Version 1.1. Volume 2.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NIST Handbook 146/II, June 1991, 283 p.
- 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. Website: http://www.ntis.gov AVAILABLE FROM: NFPA One Stop Data Shop, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101. Telephone: 617-984-7540, Fax: 617-984-7478, Email: osds@nfpa.org. Website: http://www.nfpa.org
- Keywords
- computer models | computer programs | evacuation | fire models | hazard assessment | human behavior | toxicity | occupants
- Abstract
- [REFERENCE USE ONLY] This report describes the first version of a method for predicting the hazards to occupants involved in a building fire. To implement the method, a personal computer software package called HAZARD I is provided. The software consists of modules which can predict the time varying environment within a building resulting from a specified fire; the locations and actions of a specified group of occupants as they interact with the building, the fire, and each other; and the impact of the exposure of each of the occupants to the fire products in terms of whether the occupants successfully escape, are incapacitated, or are killed. NIST Handbook 146 consists of the Technical Reference Guide, the Software User's Guide, plus software supplied on six 5 1/4" and three 3 1/2" disks.