- Author
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Benichou, N.
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Kashef, A. H.
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Reid, I.
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Hadjisophocleous, G. V.
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Torvi, D. A.
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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
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Journal of Fire Protection Engineering,
Vol. 15,
No. 3,
145-172,
August 2005
- Keywords
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industrial buildings
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fire risk assessment
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computer models
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fire protection
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fire protection engineering
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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hazard analysis
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equations
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smoke movement
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smoke production
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fire detection
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effectiveness
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fire suppression
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fire departments
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response time
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occupant response
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evacuation
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life hazards
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life safety
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death
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aircraft hangars
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scenarios
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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