FIREPROTECTION HANDBOOK? TwentiethEdition VOLUME I Arthur E.Cote P.E. Editor-in-Chief Casey C. Grant P.E. John R.Hall Jr. Ph.D. Robert E. Solomon P.E. Associate Editors Pamela A. Powell ManagingEditor Ronald L. Alpert Sc.D. Edward Kirtley M.A. Robert P. Benedetti P.E. L. Jeffrey Mattern Shane M. Clary Ph.D. Guylene Proulx Ph.D. Mark T. Conroy Milosh T. Puchovsky P.E. Richard L. P. Custer M.Sc. Carl H. Rivkin P.E. Christian Dubay P.E. Steven F. Sawyer John A. Granito Ed.D. Robert E. Solomon PE. David R. Hague P.E. Amy Beasley Spencer John R. Hall Jr. Ph.D. Gary Tokle Gregory E. Harrington P.E. Robert J. Vondrasek P.E. SectionEditors NFPA National FireProtection Association? Quincy Massachusetts
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Dedication In recognition of his extraordinary service as founder and professor of the fire protection engineering program at the Universty of Maryland as chairman of the NFPA Board of Directors as chairman of the NFPA Standards Council as leader and mentor this handbook is dedicated to Dr. John L. Bryan.
Contents Preface xV Introduction xvii SECTION-1 Safety in the BuiltEnvironment 1.1 Challenges to Safety in the Built Environment John R. Hall Jr. and Erin R. Twomey 1-3 1.2 Fundamentals of Structurally Safe Building Design Bonnie E. Manley 1-31 1.3 Codes and Standards for the Built Environment Arthur E. Cote and Casey C. Grant 1-51 1.4 Legal Issues for the Designer and Enforcer Arthur E. Schwart 1-73 1.5 Fire Prevention and Code Enforcement Ronaid R. Farr and Steven F. Sawyer 1-81 1.6 Premises Security Lauris V.Freidenfelds 1-95 1.7 Protecting Against Extreme Events =Brian J. Meacham and Carl Galioto 1-109 1.8 Emergency Management and Business Continuity Donald L. Schmidt 1-137 1.9Systems Approach to Fire-Safe Building Design = John M. Watts Jr. 1-157 SECTION2 BasicsofFireand Fire Science 2-1 2.1 Physics and Chemistry of Fire Dougal Drysdale 2-3 2.2 Physics of Fire Configuration =Ronaid L. Alpert 2-21 2.3 Flammability Hazard of Materials Daniel Madrzykowski and David W. Stroup 2-31 2.4Dynamics of Compartment Fire Growth Richard L.P.Custer 2-49 2.5 Basics of Fire Containment MarcL.Janssens 2-59 2.6 Fundamentals of Fire Detection Richard L. P. Custer and James A. Milke 2-75 2.7 Theory of Fire Extinguishment Hong-Zeng Yu and Jeffrey S. Newman 2-79 2.8 Explosions Robert Zalosh 2-93
Contents SECTION3 Information and AnalysisforFireProtection 3-1 3.1 An Overview of the Fire Problem and Fire Protection John R. Hall Jr. and Arthur E. Cote 3-3 3.2 Fire Loss Investigation =Richard L P. Custer and David T. Sheppard 3-31 3.3 Fire Data Collection and Databases =Marty Alhrens and Stan Stewart 3-43 3.4 Use of Fire Incident Data and Statistics Marty Ahrens Patricia Frazier and Gayle Kelch 3-61 3.5 Introduction to Fire Modeling Craig L Beyler Philip J. DiNenno Douglas J. Carpenter and John M. Watts Jr. 3-93 3.6 Applying Models to Fire Protection Engineering Problems and Fire Investigations =Richard L. P. Custer David T. Sheppard and Christopher B. Wood 3-111 3.7 Fire Hazard Analysis Techniques Morgan J. Hurley and Richard W. Bukowski 3-121 3.8 Fire Risk Analysis =John R. Hall Jr. and John M. Watts Jr. 3-135 3.9 Closed Form Enclosure Fire Calculations Edward K. Budnick Sean P. Hunt and Mark T. Wright 3-145 3.10 Performance-Based Codes and Standards for Fire Safety Milosh T. Puchovsky and Morgan J. Hurley 3-167 3.11 Overview of Performance-Based Fire Protection Design Frederick W. Mowrer and Eric R. Rosenbaum 3-183 SECTION4 Human Factors in Emergencies 4-1 4.1 Human Behavior and Fire =John L Bryan 4-3 4.2 Calculation Methods for Egress Prediction Rita F. Fahy 4-49 4.3 Concepts of Egress Design=James K.Lathrop 4-69 4.4 4Techniques of Crowd Management John J. Fruin 4-93 4.5 Strategies for Occupant Evacuation During Emergencies Daniel J. O'Connor and Bert Cohn 4-103 SECTION5 Fire and Life Safety Education 5-1 5.1Principles and Techniques of Fire and Life Safety Education Edward Kirley 5-3 5.2 Fire and Life Safety Education Messages Ermest Grant and Rodney Eksteen 5-21