- Author
- Robertson, J. | Mehaffey, J.
- Title
- Accounting for Fire Following Earthquakes in the Development of Performance Based Building Codes.
- Coporate
- City of Vancouver, B.C., Canada Forintek Canada Corp., Ontario, Canada
- Report
- Volume 1,
- Book or Conf
- Interscience Communications Ltd.; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Building Research Establishment; and Society of Fire Protection Engineers; Swedish National Testing and Research Institute. Interflam 1999. (Interflam '99). International Interflam Conference, 8th Proceedings. Volume 1. June 29-July 1, 1999, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, 273-284 p., 1999
- Keywords
- fire science | fire safety | earthquakes | performance based codes | life safety | building codes | fire risk | reliability | building design | evaluation
- Identifiers
- post earthquake fire scenario; development of performance based codes in North America; proposed objective relating to post-earthquake fire risk; performance criteria based on a two level analysis; seismic fire factors based on life safety considerations; recommended fire sfety systems design criteria for the 475 year design level earthquake; seismic fire factors for property protection; response factors and parameters; vulnerability factors and parameters