- Author
- Benichou, N. | Kashef, A. H. | Reid, I. | Hadjisophocleous, G. V. | Torvi, D. A. | Morinville, G.
- Title
- FIERAsystem: A Fire Risk Assessment Tool to Evaluate Fire Safety in Industrial Buildings and Large Spaces.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Carleton Univ., Ontario, Canada Saskatchewan Univ., Canada Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 3, 145-172, August 2005
- Keywords
- industrial buildings | fire risk assessment | computer models | fire protection | fire protection engineering | fire safety | safety engineering | hazard analysis | equations | smoke movement | smoke production | fire detection | effectiveness | fire suppression | fire departments | response time | occupant response | evacuation | life hazards | life safety | death | aircraft hangars | scenarios | compartments
- Identifiers
- large spaces; computer tools; Fire Evaluation and Risk Assessment system; FIre Risk Evaluation and Cost Assessment Model (FIRECAM); fire development; building element failure; fire department response and effectiveness; economic model; downtime model; procedure for FIERAsystem hazard analysis; compartment characteristics; results of Hangar 7 analysis