- Author
- Issen, L. A.
- Title
- Literature Review of Fire and Live Load Surveys in Residences. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Report
- NBSIR 78-1440, May 1978, 27 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- design | fire loads | surveys
- Abstract
- A search of the literature shows that most load surveys have been concerned with commercial and industrial occupancies and only a few have dealt with residences. Many surveys have been inadequately reported from a statistical viewpoint, and the data have been misapplied. A common error has been to assume that the largest observed load is the largest expected load. The statistics of extremes should be used to determine reasonable design values. Methods for estimating the sampling size (for a prescribed accuracy) are given and illustrated with examples.