- Author
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Nelson, H. E.
- Title
- "Fireform": A Computerized Collection of Convenient Fire Safety Computations.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- U.S. Air Force, Tyndall AFB, FL
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 86-3308,
April 1986,
100 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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building fires
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computer programs
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egress
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fire detection
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fire models
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fire plumes
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flame spread
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manuals
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smoke movement
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sprinkler response
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smoke filling
- Abstract
- A computerized system of convenient fire safety computations is presented. Subjects covered include smoke filling in a room, sprinkler/detector activation, smoke flow through (small) openings, temperatures and pressures developed by fires, flashover and fire severity prediction, fire propagation (in special cases), and simple egress estimation. All programs are based on established formulas and are programmed in BASIC for microcomputers. The largest single program is less than 9000 bytes. The programming was done on HP series 100 computers using Microsoft BASIC (Version 5.28.) The entire package has been operated on both Hewlett Packard Series 100 and IBM PC machines and has run properly using Microsoft, GWBASIC, and BASICA interpreters.