Fire Engineering and Emergency Planning: Research and applications

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ISBN: 9780419201809 | 0419201807
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/1/1996

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Protection against fire and prevention of explosion is vital in a modern industrial economy. This published proceedings of the First European Conference on Fire Engineering and Emergency Planning provides an authoritative base of materials covering the latest research, applications and hypotheses as a cumulative reference work and a platform for exchanges of ideas within the academic fire community.

Introductions
Chairs of sessions
List of contributors
Preface
EuroFire '95 Introductory Remarks
Introduction	p. 3
Research in fire engineering: combustion and explosion science and industrial problems	p. 7
Critical conditions for flashover in enclosed ventilated fires	p. 18
The theoretical model of carbonized organic solid fuels combustion	p. 27
Self-generated turbulence of laminar and turbulent transient flame fronts inside a closed spherical vessel	p. 30
Algorithms for the calculation of egress complexity	p. 39
Modelization of combustion with complex kinetics	p. 47
Results comparison of smoke movement analysis in buildings using steady-state and transient models	p. 57
Fire protection in modern computer networks centres	p. 68
Domestic 'first aid' firefighting	p. 74
Dynamical modelling of fires in buildings	p. 83
An hierarchical approach to fire resistance improvement of complex technical systems	p. 96
A software package for deterministic and stochastic modelling of fires in buildings with a CAD-based graphical user interface	p. 105
The probability of progressive fire propagation in complex systems	p. 131
Emergency planning	p. 143
EXPO '92: A review of its emergency planning integrated design	p. 148
Towards the quantification of emergency egress capabilities for disabled people	p. 154
Assessment and simulation of crowd evacuation issues	p. 162
Integrated emergency planning	p. 168
Fire Cover Computer Model	p. 176
'LINCE': Computerised emergency management	p. 185
Analysing evacuation modelling techniques of mixed-ability populations	p. 193
Introduction	p. 205
Foam and water for the protection of equipment engulfed in fire	p. 209
Deployment of fire prevention equipment: theory and experience - future computerisation and the example of the Bouches-du-Rhone	p. 218
A critical insight in to the behaviour of windows in fire	p. 236
Testing of axially loaded and restrained steel columns	p. 247
Toxic combustion products from pesticide fires	p. 256
European standards for fire safety: a summary of the current position	p. 267
A commentary on the fire research/building design applications interface	p. 275
Fire legislation: a UK view of European fire safety regulation	p. 281
Operability analysis as a tool for fire risk evaluation	p. 293
Developing a geographical information systems-based decision support system for emergency planning in response to hazardous gas releases	p. 301
Applying artificial intelligence to the scientific analysis of timber in fire	p. 316
Application of expert systems and machine learning in fire investigation	p. 323
Making fire modelling software more accessible to end users	p. 331
Introduction	p. 341
Educating fire fighters for fire safe design	p. 347
Addressing the need for European integrated postgraduate education for fire safety	p. 356
The development of fire engineering degree courses	p. 365
The implications of UK National Vocational Qualifications for training and education in fire technology	p. 373
Implementing a distance learning course in fire safety for technicians	p. 390
Training for command at fires - the ICCARUS Project	p. 398
Training and research in fire safety in Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MSUCE)	p. 403
Hazard management systems: information management at major hazard incidents	p. 415
An emergency planning team as a source of public information	p. 426
A critical review of human behaviour in shopping malls	p. 434
Assessing occupant response time: a key issue for fire engineering	p. 442
Reality and the perception of risk - risk assessment for the fire service	p. 453
Public perceptions and risk assessment: lessons from industrial hazards in developing countries	p. 464
Analytical approaches to emergency planning and assessment of emergency response	p. 471
Airborne hazards: move or stay put?	p. 482
Report of the Plenary Session	p. 490
Appendix One: A framework for research in the field of fire safety in buildings by design	p. 497
Appendix Two: The role of public perception in the response planning for major incidents: public perception and memory retention questionnaire survey	p. 533
Index	p. 579
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