Future Needs for Fire Safety Knowledge and Tools.
Future Needs for Fire Safety Knowledge and Tools.
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Snell, J. E.
Fire Safety Design of Buildings and Fire Safety
Engineering. Conference Compendium. Proceedings.
Session 4: Fire Safety Analyses. August 19-20, 1996,
Oslo, Norway, 1-1 pp, 1996.
Keywords:
fire safety; building codes; safety engineering; fire
research
Abstract:
Most of the papers presented in this symposium address
advances in the development of performance-based fire
safety building codes and some of the tools upon which
they rest. This presentation will revert to the somewhat
broader perspective on the scope of fire safety
engineering presented earlier and focus on needs and
critical gaps as a basis for setting priorities for
international fire research. It builds on recent work
of the FORUM and the author's own laboratory. Items on
this list should be the things for which we seek common
sources and mechanisms of support via approaches such as
that outlined by Richardson, so that the promise and
fruits of FSE fall within our collective reach.
Advances in other fields of science and technology are
fueling important innovations in fire research. Some
examples will be discussed.
