- Author
- Bukowski, R. W.
- Title
- Fire Hazard Prediction: HAZARD I and Its Role in Fire Codes and Standards.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- ASTM Standardization News, Vol. 18, No. 1, 40-43, January 1990
- Keywords
- fire hazards assessment | computer programs | standards | predictive models | sprinkler activation
- Identifiers
- FASTIN--user interface program for entering data to the fire model; FIREDATA--database program; FAST model; FASTPLOT--graphics utility for plotting data; DETACT--detector/sprinkler activation model; EXITT--evacuation model, which includes human decision/behavior; TENAB--tenability model
- Abstract
- For at least two decades, fire researchers have pursued the goal of a capability to predict the outcome of an arbitrary fire in an arbitrary building. As the capabilities of both fire science and computing equipment have grown, we have seen the emergence of mathematical models for fires in single rooms, and then in multiple, connected rooms. Other, specialty models have also been produced that deal in detail with specific phenomena or application areas. The steady expansion of the understanding of the physics and chemistry of fire has meant increases in both the detail and accuracy with which these models function.