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Author : R. G. Gann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book International Study of Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health (SEFS) written by R. G. Gann and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard G. Gann (et al)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (855 download)
Download or read book International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health: Phase I. Technical Report written by Richard G. Gann (et al) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frca
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781587161186
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (611 download)
Download or read book International Fire Safety Conference written by Frca and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-03-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard G. Gann
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364160718
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (67 download)
Download or read book International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health written by Richard G. Gann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health: Phase I Final Report The word facility is used throughout this document for economy of expression; it comprises all types of buildings as well as transportation vehicles, whether at ground level or above. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Richard G. Gann
Publisher : Diane Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780756727215
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (272 download)
Download or read book International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health (SEFS) written by Richard G. Gann and published by Diane Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire smoke toxicity has been a recurring theme for fire safety professionals for over 4 decades. There continues to be difficulty & controversy in assessing & addressing the contribution of the sublethal effects of smoke in hazard & risk analyses. This report estimates the magnitude & impact of sublethal exposures to fire smoke on the U.S. population, provides the best available lethal & incapacitating toxic potency values for the smoke from commercial products, determines the potential for various sizes of fires to produce smoke yields that could result in sublethal health effects, & provides state-of-the-art information on the production of the condensed components of smoke from fires & their evolutionary changes during transport from the fire.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309085268
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-10-26 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This assessment of the technical quality and relevance of the programs of the Measurement and Standards Laboratories of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is the work of the 165 members of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Board on Assessment of NIST Programs and its panels. These individuals were chosen by the NRC for their technical expertise, their practical experience in running research programs, and their knowledge of industry's needs in basic measurements and standards. This assessment addresses the following: The technical merit of the laboratory programs relative to the state of the art worldwide; The effectiveness with which the laboratory programs are carried out and the results disseminated to their customers; The relevance of the laboratory programs to the needs of their customers; and The ability of the laboratories' facilities, equipment, and human resources to enable the laboratories to fulfill their mission and meet their customers' needs.
Author : Richard G. Gann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780160665363
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (653 download)
Download or read book International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survivability and Health (SEFS) written by Richard G. Gann and published by . This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire smoke toxicity has been a recurring theme for fire safety professionals for over four decades. There especially continue to be difficulty and controversy in assessing and addressing the contribution of the sublethal effects of smoke in hazard and risk analyses. The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and NFPA have begun a private/public fire research initiative, the "International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survival and Health" (SEFS) to provide scientific information on these effects for public policy makers. This report on the first phase of the project estimates the magnitude and impact of sublethal exposures to fire smoke on the U.S. population, provides the best available lethal and incapacitating toxic potency values for the smoke from commercial products, determines the potential for various sizes of fires to produce smoke yields that could result in sublethal health effects.
Author : Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319946978
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)
Download or read book SFPE Guide to Human Behavior in Fire written by Society of Fire Protection Engineers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This single resource for the fire safety community distills the most relevant and useful science and research into a consensus-based guide whose key factors and considerations impact the response and behavior of occupants of a building during a fire event. The Second Edition of SFPE's Engineering Guide: Human Behavior in Fire provides a common introduction to this field for the broad fire safety community: fire protection engineers/fire safety engineers, human behavior scientists/researchers, design professionals, and code authorities. The public benefits from consistent understanding of the factors that influence the responses and behaviors of people when threatened by fire and the application of reliable methodologies to evaluate and estimate human response in buildings and structures. This Guide also aims to lessen the uncertainties in the "people components" of fire safety and allow for more refined analysis with less reliance on arbitrary safety factors. As with fire science in general, our knowledge of human behavior in fire is growing, but is still characterized by uncertainties that are traceable to both limitation in the science and unfamiliarity by the user communities. The concepts for development of evacuation scenarios for performance-based designs and the technical methods to estimate evacuation response are reviewed with consideration to the limitation and uncertainty of the methods. This Guide identifies both quantitative and qualitative information that constitutes important consideration prior to developing safety factors, exercising engineering judgment, and using evacuation models in the practical design of buildings and evacuation procedures. Besides updating material in the First Edition, this revision includes new information on: Incapacitating Effects of Fire Effluent & Toxicity Analysis Methods Occupant Behavior Scnearios Movement Models and Behavioral Models Egress Model Selection, Verification, and Validation Estimation of Uncertainty and Use of Safety Factors Enhancing Human Response to Emergencies & Notification of Messaging The prediction of human behavior during a fire emergency is one of the most challenging areas of fire protection engineering. Yet, understanding and considering human factors is essential to designing effective evacuation systems, ensuring safety during a fire and related emergency events, and accurately reconstructing a fire.
Author : Morgan J. Hurley
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482246562
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Performance-Based Fire Safety Design written by Morgan J. Hurley and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master an Approach Based on Fire Safety Goals, Fire Scenarios, and the Assessment of Design AlternativesPerformance-Based Fire Safety Design demonstrates how fire science can be used to solve fire protection problems in the built environment. It also provides an understanding of the performance-based design process, deterministic and risk-based ana
Author : A A Stec
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 184569807X
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Fire Toxicity written by A A Stec and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-03-12 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toxic fire effluents are responsible for the majority of fire deaths, and an increasing large majority of fire injuries, driven by the widespread and increasing use of synthetic polymers. Fire safety has focused on preventing ignition and reducing flame spread through reducing the rate of heat release, while neglecting the important issue of fire toxicity. This is the first reference work on fire toxicity and the only scientific publication on the subject in the last 15 years.Assessment of toxic effects of fires is increasingly being recognised as a key factor in the assessment of fire hazards. This book raises important issues including the types of toxic effluents that different fires produce, their physiological effects, methods for generation and assessment of fire toxicity, current and proposed regulations and approaches to modelling the toxic impact of fires.The contributors to Fire toxicity represent an international team of the leading experts in each aspect of this challenging and important field. This book provides an important reference work for professionals in the fire community, including fire fighters, fire investigators, regulators, fire safety engineers, and formulators of fire-safe materials. It will also prove invaluable to researchers in academia and industry. - Investigates the controversial subject of toxic effluents as the cause of the majority of fire deaths and injuries - Describes the different types of toxic effluents and the specific fires that they produce, their physiological effects and methods for generation - Provides an overview of national and international fire safety regulations including current and proposed regulations such as a standardized framework for prediction of fire gas toxicity
Author : Michael J. Ward
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 128402668X
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Fire Officer written by Michael J. Ward and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Complete Fire Officer I and Fire Fighter II Training Solution! The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) are pleased to bring you the Third Edition of Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, the next step in the evolution of Fire Officer I and II training. Covering the entire spectrum of the 2014 Edition of NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, the Third Edition includes the following updates: • Separation of Fire Officer I and II Level content throughout the textbook and student, instructor, and technology resources. • The latest developments in social media and media relations; NIST research on fire dynamics; fire fighter safety and health issues; and fireground accountability and rapid intervention practices. • A reorganization of chapters to improve course delivery, including a new chapter on Rules of Engagement. • New end-of-chapter tools, including Fire Captain (Fire Officer II) activities and comprehensive case studies that progress within each chapter throughout the textbook. • All new Voices of Experience essays and Near-Miss Reports. • Addresses the course objectives for FESHE's Principles of Fire and Emergency Service Administration model curriculum Build the next generation of great fire service leaders with the Third Edition of Fire Officer: Principles and Practice.
Author : Marcus Runefors
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031063252
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Residential Fire Safety written by Marcus Runefors and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of deaths and injuries from residential fires as well as the most up to date information on evidence-based approaches to reduce this problem. The volume serves as a guide for professionals working in the field of fire prevention and as a textbook for instruction in universities and fire service schools. The authors’ interdisciplinary approach, where public health methodology is combined with fire protection engineering, medicine, and policy science, is quite distinctive outside of the technical literature devoted to larger scale fire events. Traditional textbooks on fire protection tend to describe the problem as purely technical, whereas in essence it is a problem of human vulnerability. In this book, readers will find lucid and rigorous descriptions of various risk groups and effective preventive measures that are effective, both in general and with respect to the different risk groups. They will also find work processes to facilitate risk reduction. Summarizing state-of-the-art knowledge and giving guidance for the future, both in terms of preventive efforts and ongoing research, Residential Fire Safety: An Interdisciplinary Approach, is ideal for students, educators, and practitioners of residential fire protection.
Author : ASTM International
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Annual Book of ASTM Standards written by ASTM International and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : American Society for Testing and Materials
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Total Pages : 1486 pages
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Download or read book Annual Book of ASTM Standards written by American Society for Testing and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of all ASTM standards issued each year.
Author : Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz
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Total Pages : 882 pages
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology written by Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely new Third Edition of the Mark Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology brings the state-of-the-art to the 21st century, with coverage of nanotechnology, new imaging and analytical techniques, new methods of controlled polymer architecture, biomimetics, and more. Whereas earlier editions published one volume at a time, the third edition is being published in 3 Parts of 4 volumes each. Each of these 4-volume Parts is an A-Z selection of the latest in polymer science and technology as published in the updated online edition of the Mark Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology (available at www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/epst). Order the 12 volume set (ISBN 0471275077) now for the best value and receive each of the 4 volume Parts as they publish. The complete list of titles to appear in Part 1 of this new third print edition can be viewed at www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/epst and clicking on "What's New". Check this website often as new articles are added periodically.
Author : David A. Purser
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN 13 : 1849737487
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)
Download or read book Toxicology, Survival and Health Hazards of Combustion Products written by David A. Purser and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fires are a common source of exposure to smoke and a range of toxicologically active chemicals. Providing a complete overview of the subject, this book provides comprehensive and detailed information on combustion processes, estimation of rate of production of combustion products, dispersion of these products and their effects on health. Beginning with a chapter discussing the chemistry of combustion and detailing the mechanisms of burning, how different materials ignite and the nature of combustion products, the book goes on to examine specific combustion products in detail, the toxicity and carcinogenicity of the products, their dispersion and methods of monitoring. With diverse coverage edited and authored by recognised experts in the field, this book will provide an essential text for those working in toxicology, combustion science, public health and environmental research.
