Building fire performance analysis / Robert W. Fitzgerald.

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Bibliographic Details
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2004.
Main Author:	Fitzgerald, Robert W.
Subjects:	Building, Fireproof. Fire prevention > Inspection.
Format:	Book

Building fire performance analysis /

Table of Contents:

1. Understanding deciding, communicating
2. Fire defenses
3. Basic concepts
4. The anatomy of building fires
5. A way of thinking
6. Framework for analysis
7. Prolog to applications
8. Design fires
9. Barriers and multiroom fires
10. Barrier performance
11. Detection and initial actions
12. Fire service manual suppression
13. Automatic sprinkler suppression
14. Putting it together : the L curve
15. Concepts in structural frame analysis
16. Smoke analysis
17. Building performance
18. Risk characterizations
19. Introduction to risk management
20. Prevent established burning
21. Decision making and communication
App. A. Analytical foundations
App. B. What about the numbers?
App. C. The role of judgment in engineering evaluations
App. D. Inspection report forms
App. E. Fire safety evaluators.