- Author
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Stahl, F. I.
- Title
- BFIRES/Version 2: Documentation of Program Modifications.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 80-1982,
March 1980,
110 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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building fires
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fire research
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fire safety
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human behavior
|
occupants
- Abstract
- Several shortcomings of BFIRES/Version 1 are discussed. Chief among these are the program's inability to simulate rescue activities during fire events, and to simulate direct interactions between occupant behavior and toxic qualities of smoke filled environments. This report documents a revised program, BFIRES/ Version 2, which contains new subroutines developed to mitigate these problems. These subroutines are grouped into two modules: (1) a "smoke" module designed to simulate the experience of inhabiting a smoke filled environment, and (2) a "rescue" module intended to physically immobile occupants. Additional improvements incorporated into BFIRES/Version 2 include more efficient file managment and data input facilties, and expanded output capabilities.