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Record Nr.

UNINA9910627247303321

Titolo

Handbook of Fire and the Environment : Impacts and Mitigation / / edited by Brian J. Meacham, Margaret McNamee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-030-94356-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (502 pages)

Collana

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series, , 2731-3646

Disciplina

628.925

577.24

Soggetti

Fire prevention

Buildings - Protection

Environmental health

Physical geography

Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety

Environmental Health

Earth System Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction and overview (Meacham and M. McNamee) -- Chapter 2. Historically significant fires (M. McNamee, Marlair and Truchot) -- Chapter 3. Fire fundamentals (Gorbett and Kozhumal) -- Chapter 4. Fire and smoke modeling (Wegrzynski and Lipecki)  -- Chapter 5. Emission measurements (Guillaume) -- Chapter 6. Fires in enclosures (R. McNamee and Sandvik) -- Chapter 7. Wildland fire (Filkov, Cawson, Swan and Penman) -- Chapter 8. Firefighting chemicals (González-Prieto) -- Chapter 9. Tools and techniques for impact analysis (M. McNamee, Butry, Kneifel) -- Chapter 10. Mitigation strategies for buildings (Meacham) -- Chapter 11. Mitigation strategies for waste fires (Fjellgaard Mikalsen, Storesund) -- Chapter 13. Mitigation strategies for Wildfires (Parkins, Cawson, Pickering Penman) -- Chapter 12. Sustainable and fire resilient built environment (SAFR-BE) (Meacham and M. McNamee).

Sommario/riassunto

The fundamental purpose of this handbook is to raise awareness about



environmental impacts of fire and fire suppression, primarily within the fire engineering and firefighting communities, but also within the environmental engineering and planning disciplines. The Handbook provides readers with a fundamental understanding of the problem and its magnitude and includes a set of tools and methods for assessing environmental, social and financial impacts, and a set of tools for identifying and selecting appropriate mitigation options.