Elements of a Framework for Fire Safety Engineering.
Elements of a Framework for Fire Safety Engineering.
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Snell, J. E.
Interscience Communications Ltd.; National Institute of
Standards and Technology; Building Research
Establishment; and Society of Fire Protection Engineers.
Interflam 1993. (Interflam '93). Fire Safety.
International Fire Conference, 6th. March 30-April 1,
1993, Oxford, England, Interscience Communications Ltd.,
London, England, Franks, C. A., Editor(s), 447-456 pp,
1993.
Keywords:
fire safety; fire science; safety engineering; decision
making; life safety
Abstract:
This paper lays out a framework for fire safety
engineering based on scientific tools for fire safety
design and decision-making. These tools include
computer-based models for fire safety hazard and risk
prediction, measurement methods to provide data for such
methods, databases and expert systems to provide access
to them, and the ultimate integration of these tools
with other elements of computer-aided design,
construction and conformity assessment. The paper
suggests needs, roles and actions required to bring fire
safety engineering to the level of sophistication
enjoyed in most other areas of engineering practice.
The need for international cooperation and
public-private collaboration is stressed.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899