Fire Publications - elevators (lifts)

elevators (lifts)

• Amendments to the Fire Protection and Life Safety Provisions of the New York City Building Code by Local Laws Adopted While World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 Were in Use. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-1G; 54 p. September 2005.
  Razza, J. C.; Grill, R. A.
• Analysis of the Influence of Piston Effect on Elevator Smoke Control.
  NIST SP 983; NBSIR 88-3751; 24 p. April 1988.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.
  Klote, J. H.
• Basis for Egress Provisions in U.S. Building Codes.
  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, 375-386 pp, 2004.
  Bukowski, R. W.; Kuligowski, E. D.
• Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires.
  NIST SP 983; May 2002.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.
  Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A.
• Comparison of Codes, Standards and Practices in Use at the Time of the Design and Construction of World Trade Center 1, 2 and 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-1E; 91 p. September 2005.
  Razza, J. C.; Grill, R. A.
• Demonstration of Real-Time Tactical Decision Aid Displays.
  NISTIR 7437; 28 p. August 2007.
  Davis, W. D.; Holmberg, D. G.; Reneke, P. A.; Brassell, L.; Vettori, R. L.
• Design, Construction and Maintenance of Structural and Life Safety Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-1; 270 p. September 2005.
  Lew, H. S.; Bukowski, R. W.; Carino, N. J.
• Design of Occupant Egress Systems for Tall Buildings.
  CIB World Building Congress 2004 (CIB 2004): Building for the Future in conjunction with Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, 5th International Conference (IAQVEC 2004) and Multipurpose High-Rise Towers and Tall Buildings, 6th International Conference (HTB). Proceedings. CIB HTB T3S1 Design for Fire Safety. May 1-7, 2004, Toronto, Canada, 1-11 pp, 2004 AND Use of Elevators in Fires and Other Emergencies Workshop. Proceedings. Co-Sponsored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International); National Institute of Stanards and Technology (NIST); International Code Council (ICC); National Fire Protection Association (NFPA); U.S. Access Board and International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). March 2-4, 2004, Atlanta, GA, 1-12 pp, 2004, 2004.
  Kuligowski, E. D.; Bukowski, R. W.
• Design of Smoke Control Systems for Areas of Refuge.
  NISTIR 5132; 25 p. March 1993.
  Klote, J. H.
• Design of Smoke Control Systems for Areas of Refuge.
  DE-93-10-2;ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 99, No. 2, 793-807, 1993.
  Klote, J. H.
• Design of Smoke Control Systems for Elevator Fire Evacuation Including Wind Effects.
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Elevators, Fire and Accessibility, 2nd Symposium. Proceedings. April 19-21, 1995, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, 59-77 pp, 1995.
  Klote, J. H.
• Elevator Controls.
  NFPA Journal, Vol. 100, No. 2, 42-57, March/April 2006.
  Bukowski, R. W.; Fleming, R. P.; Tubbs, J.; Marrion, C.; Dirksen, J.; Duke, C.; Prince, D.; Richardson, L. F.; Beste, D.; Stanlaske, D.
• Elevator Design for the 21st Century: Design Criteria for Elevators When Used as the Primary Means of Evacuation During Fire Emergencies.
  NIST SP 983;Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, 2002 AND American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Elevators, Fire and Accessibility, 2nd Symposium. Proceedings. April 19-21, 1995, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, 157-162 pp, 1995, 2002.Journal of Applied Science, Vol. 1, No. 4, 339-347, 1990-1991.
  Chapman, E. F.
• Elevator Operation During Fire Emergencies in High Buildings.
  NIST SP 983; May 2002.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, 2002 AND American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Council of American Building Officials and National Fire Protection Association. Elevators and Fire. February 19-20, 1991, Baltimore, MD, 16-21 pp, 1991, 2002.
  Aikman, A. J. M.
• Elevator Piston Effect and the Smoke Problem.
  NIST SP 983; IRC Paper 1485; NRCC 28445; May 2002.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, 227-233, December 1986.
  Klote, J. H.; Tamura, G.
• Elevators as a Means of Fire Escape.
  NBSIR 82-2507; NIST SP 983; 37 p. May 2002.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Transactions, Vol. 89, No. 2, 1-16, 1983.
  Klote, J. H.
• Elevators for Occupant Evacuation and Fire Department Access.
  Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editor(s)(s), 193-200 pp, 2003.
  Kuligowski, E. D.
• Emergency Egress From Buildings. Part 1. History and Current Regulations for Egress Systems Design. Part 2. New Thinking on Egress From Buildings.
  Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Proceedings. April 16-18, 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD, 167-191 pp, 2008.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Emergency Egress Strategies for Buildings.
  Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 159-168 pp, 2007.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Emergency Elevator Evacuation Systems.
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Elevators, Fire and Accessibility, 2nd Symposium. Proceedings. April 19-21, 1995, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, 131-150 pp, 1995.
  Klote, J. H.; Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.
• Emergency Response Operations. Appendices A-I. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-8; 272 p. September 2005.
  Lawson, J. R.; Vettori, R. L.
• EPRI Guide to Fire Modeling: An Overview.
  NISTIR 6986; 569 p. September 2003.International Collaborative Project to Evaluate Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications: Summary of 5th Meeting. APPENDIX D. Regulatory Applications of Fire Models. May 2-3, 2002, Gaithersburg, MD, D/51-68 pp, 2003.
  Najafi, B.; Joglar, F.; Kassawara, R.
• Feasibility and Design Considerations of Emergency Evacuation by Elevators.
  NISTIR 4870; 126 p. February 1992.
  Klote, J. H.; Alvord, D. M.; Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.
• Feasibility of Fire Evacuation by Elevators at FAA Control Towers.
  NISTIR 5445; 110 p. May 1994.
  Klote, J. H.; Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.
• Federal Investigation of the Evacuation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
  Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2005. 3rd International Conference. Proceedings. September 28-30, 2005, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, Waldau, N.; Gattermann, P.; Knoflacher, H.; Schreckenberg, M., Editor(s), 1-12 p., 2007.
  Averill, J. D.; Mileti, D.; Peacock, R. D.; Kuligowski, E. D.; Groner, N.; Proulx, G.; Reneke, P. A.; Nelson, H. E.
• Fire Evacuation by Elevators.
  NIST SP 983; May 2002.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.Elevator World, Vol. 41, No. 6, 66-70,72-75, June 1993.
  Klote, J. H.; Deal, S.; Donoghue, E. A.; Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.
• Fire Protection and Life Safety Provisions Applied to the Design and Construction of WTC 1, 2 and 7 and Post-Construction Provisions Applied After Occupancy. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-1D; 156 p. September 2005.
  Grill, R. A.; Johnson, D. A.
• Fire Protection Challenges of the Americans Disabilities Act: Elevator Evacuation and Refuge Areas.
  NIST SP 983;Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, 2002 AND University of Ulster and Fire Research Station. CIB W14: Fire Safety Engineering. International Symposium and Workshops Engineering Fire Safety in the Process of Design: Demonstrating Equivalency. Part 1. Symposium: Engineering Fire Safety for People With Mixed Abilities. September 13-16, 1993, Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland, 79-95 pp, 1993, 2002.
  Klote, J. H.; Fowell, A. J.
• Hazards Due to Smoke Migration Through Elevator Shafts. Volume 1. Analysis and Discussion. Final Report.
  NIST GCR 04-864-1; 35 p. June 2004.
  Klote, J. H.
• Hazards Due to Smoke Migration Through Elevator Shafts. Volume 2. Results of Tenability Calculations. Final Report.
  NIST GCR 04-864-2; 155 p. June 2004.
  Klote, J. H.
• Human Factors Considerations for the Potential Use of Elevators for Fire Evacuation of FAA Air Traffic Control Towers.
  NIST GCR 94-656; NIST SP 983; 23 p. August 1994.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P.A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.
  Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.
• Human Factors Considerations in the Potential for Using Elevators in Building Emergency Evacuation Plans.
  NIST GCR 92-615; NIST SP 983; 61 p. August 1992.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.
  Groner, N. E.; Levin, B. M.
• Is There a Need to Enclose Elevator Lobbies in Tall Buildings?
  Building Safety Journal, Vol. 3, No. 4, 26-31, August 2005.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Literature Review on Enclosure of Elevator Lobbies.
  NISTIR 6973; 25 p. March 2003.
  Stroup, D. W.
• Method for Calculation of Elevator Evacuation Time.
  Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, 83-96, 1993.
  Klote, J. H.
• Post-Construction Modification to Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
  NIST NCSTAR 1-1H; 109 p. September 2005.
  Grill, R. A.; Johnson, D. A.
• Protected Elevators and the Disabled.
  Fire Protection Engineering, 42,44-46,48-49, Fall 2005.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Protected Elevators for Egress and Access During Fires in Tall Buildings.
  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, 101-104 pp, 2002.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Protected Elevators for Egress and Access During Fires in Tall Buildings.
  Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editor(s)(s), 187-192 pp, 2003.
  Bukowski, R. W.
• Routine for Analysis of the People Movement Time for Elevator Evacuation.
  NISTIR 4730; February 1992.
  Klote, J. H.; Alvord, D. M.
• Smoke Control for Elevators.
  NBSIR 83-2715; NIST SP 983; 60 p. June 1983.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, 23-33, April 1984.
  Klote, J. H.
• Smoke Control.
  NFPA SFPE 95; LC Card Number 95-68247;SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 2nd Edition. Section 4. Chapter 12, National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA, DiNenno, P. J.; Beyler, C. L.; Custer, R. L. P.; Walton, W. D., Editor(s), 4/230-245 p., 1995.
  Klote, J. H.
• Smoke Control Systems for Elevator Fire Evacuation.
  NIST SP 983;Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, 2002. AND American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Council of American Building Officials and National Fire Protection Association. Elevators and Fire. February 19-20, 1991, Baltimore, MD, 83-94 pp, 1991, 2002.
  Klote, J. H.; Tamura, G. T.
• Some Control and Communication Considerations in Designing an Emergency Elevator Evacuation System.
  NIST SP 983;Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, 2002. AND American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Elevators, Fire and Accessibility, 2nd Symposium. Proceedings. April 19-21, 1995, 190-193 pp, 1995, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, 2002.
  Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.
• Water Leakage of Elevator Doors With Application to Building Fire Suppression.
  NISTIR 5925; 18 p. December 1996.
  Klote, J. H.; Braun, E.
• Workshop on Building Occupant Movement During Fire Emergencies, June 10-11, 2004, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
  NIST SP 1032; NIST Special Publication 1032; 105 p. January 2005.Workshop on Building Occupant Movement During Fire Emergencies. Proceedings. June 10-11, 2004, Gaithersburg, MD, Peacock, R. D.; Kuligowski, E. D., Editor(s)(s), 2005.
  Peacock, R. D.; Kuligowski, E. D.
• Workshop on Elevator Use During Fires.
  NISTIR 4993; NIST SP 983; 18 p. January 1993.Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983. May 2002, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editor(s)(s), 2002.
  Klote, J. H.; Deal, S.; Levin, B. M.; Groner, N. E.; Donoghue, E. A.
• Workshop on the Evaluation of a Tactical Decision Aid Display.
  NISTIR 7268; 32 p. October 2005.
  Davis, W. D.; Vettori, R. L.; Reneke, P. A.; Brassell, L. D.; Holmberg, D. G.; Kostecki, J.; Kratchman, J.