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• 1994 Northridge Earthquake and the Fires That Followed.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 303-312 pp, 1997.
  Borden, F. W.
• Analysis of Needs and Existing Capabilities for Full-Scale Fire Resistance Testing.
  NIST GCR 02-843; 92 p. December 2002.
  Beitel, J. J.; Iwankiw, N.
• Best Practices for Reducing the Potential for Progressive Collapse in Buildings.
  NISTIR 7396; 216 p. February 2007.
  Ellingwood, B. R.; Smilowitz, R.; Dusenberry, D. O.; Duthinh, D.; Lew, H. S.; Carino, N. J.
• Causes of the Seismic Fires Following the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Survey.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 337-344 pp, 1997.
  Ohnishi, K.
• Environmental Concerns of Fires: Facts, Figures, Questions and New Challenges for the Future.
  Volume 1;Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 1. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, 325-337 pp, 2004.
  Marlair, G.; Simonson, M.; Gann, R. G.
• Environmental Effects of In Situ Burning of Oil Spills in Inland and Upland Habitats.
  NIST SP 935; NIST SP 995; Volume 2; February 1999.In Situ Burning of Oil Spills. Proceedings. National Institute of Standards and Technology and Minerals Management Service. November 2-4, 1998, New Orleans, LA, Walton, W. D.; Jason, N. H., Editor(s)(s), 97-103 pp, 1999.
  Zengel, S. A.; Michel, J.; Dahlin, J. A.; Headley, C.
• Evaluation of the Computer Fire Model DETACT-QS.
  Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 4th International Conference. Proceedings. March 20-22, 2002, Melbourne, Australia, Almand, K.; Coate, C.; England, P.; Gordon, J., Editor(s)(s), 241-252 pp, 2002.
  Hurley, M. J.; Madrzykowski, D.
• Fatal Training Fires: Fire Analysis for the Fire Service.
  Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 1169-1180 pp, 2007.
  Madrzykowski, D.
• Field Modeling: Effects of Flat Beamed Ceilings on Detector and Sprinkler Response. International Fire Detection Research Project. Technical Report. Year 1.
  Technical Report; Year 1; 59 p. October 1993.
  Forney, G. P.; Bukowski, R. W.; Davis, W. D.
• Fire Investigation: An Analysis of the Waldbaum Fire, Brooklyn, New York, August 3, 1978.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 1. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 331-340 pp, 1997.Fire Science and Technology, Vol. 17, No. Special Issue, 10-14, 1997.
  Quintiere, J. G.
• Fires Following the Northridge and Kobe Earthquakes.
  NISTIR 6030; June 1997.U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 325-335 pp, 1997.
  Scawthorn, C.
• General Buildings Information Handover Guide: Principles, Methodology and Case Studies.
  NISTIR 7417; 99 p. August 2007.
  Fallon, K. K.; Palmer, M. E.
• Literature Review on CO2-Based Demand-Controlled Ventilation.
  ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 103, No. 2, 1997.
  Emmerich, S. J.; Persily, A. K.
• Major U.S. Cities Using National Standard Fire Hydrants, One Century After the Great Baltimore Fire.
  NISTIR 7158; 14 p. August 2004.
  Seck, M. D.; Evans, D. D.
• Methodology for Predicting Smoke Detector Response.
  Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 4th International Conference. Proceedings. March 20-22, 2002, Melbourne, Australia, Almand, K.; Coate, C.; England, P.; Gordon, J., Editor(s)(s), 235-240 pp, 2002.
  Ierardi, J. A.; Barnett, J. R.
• Predicting Fire Hazards to Building Occupants.
  NIST SP 837; October 1996.Science, Technology, and Competitiveness. Retrospective on a Symposium in Celebration of NIST's 90th Anniversary and the 25th Anniversary of the Gaithersburg Laboratories. Proceedings. November 14-15, 1991, Gaithersburg, MD, Hixenbaugh, G. W., Editor(s), 105-115 pp, 1996.
  Gann, R. G.
• Residential Sprinkler Systems.
  Volume 2; Chapter 6 - Section 16; NFPA FPH2008;Fire Protection Handbook, 20th Edition. Volume 2. Chapter 6. Section 16, National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA, Cote, A. E.; Grant, C. C.; Hall, J. R., Jr.; Solomon, R. E., Editor(s), 16/91-107 p., 2008.
  Madrzykowski, D.; Fleming, R. P.
• Risk Mitigation Plan for Optimizing Protection ofConstructed Facilities.
  Cost Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 8, 26-33, August 2004.
  Marshall, H. E.; Chapman, R. E.; Leng, C. J.
• Role of Standards in a Performance-Based Building Regulatory System.
  Fire Protection Strategies for 21st Century Building and Fire Codes Symposium. EXTENDED ABSTRACTS. Proceedings. Society of Fire Protection Engineers and American Institute of Architects. September 17-18, 2002, Baltimore, MD, 15-24 pp, 2002 AND Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 4th International Conference. Proceedings. March 20-22, 2002, Melbourne, Australia, Almand, K.; Coate, C.; England, P.; Gordon, J., Editors, 85-94 pp, 2002, Almand, K.; Coate, C.; England, P.; Gordon, J., Editor(s)(s), 2002.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Smoke Management Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-4D; 248 p. September 2005.
  Ferreira, M. J.; Strege, S. M.
• Understanding Fire and Smoke Flow Through Modeling and Visualization.
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 23, No. 4, 6-13, July/August 2003.
  Forney, G. P.; Madrzykowski, D.; McGrattan, K. B.; Sheppard, L.