1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830555303321

Titolo

Evaluation of fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / D. Rasbash ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2004

ISBN

0-470-02008-3

1-280-27483-2

9786610274833

1-61344-918-6

0-470-02007-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RasbashD

Disciplina

363.377

628.922

Soggetti

Fire protection engineering

Fire prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

EVALUATION OF FIRE SAFETY; CONTENTS; Preface; PART I STRUCTURE OF THE FIRE PROBLEM; 1 The place of fire safety in the community; 2 The fire safety system; 3 Review of some major fire & explosion disasters; 4 Requirements from public and private authorities for fire safety; PART II QUANTIFYING FIRE SAFETY; 5 Physical data; 6 Sources of statistical data; 7 Occurrence and growth of fire; 8 Life loss; 9 Property damage; 10 Performance of fire safety measures; PART III METHODS OF MEASURING FIRE SAFETY; 11 Deterministic fire safety modeling; 12 Model Validation; 13 Point systems – a single index

14 Logic trees15 Stochastic fire risk modeling; 16 Fire safety concepts tree and derivative approaches; 17 Fire safety assessment in the process industries; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Fire safety is a major concern in many industries, particularly as there have been significant increases in recent years in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport. Plants are becoming larger and are often situated in or close to densely populated areas, and the hazards are continually highlighted with incidents such as the fires and explosions at the Piper Alpha oil and gas platform, and



the Enschede firework factory.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716172003321

Titolo

Surface water supply of the United States, 1924. Part XI. Pacific slope basins in California, [by] Nathan C. Grover, chief hydraulic engineer, H.D. McGlashan and F.F. Henshaw, district engineers. [U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 591.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

House document / 69th Congress, 1st session. House ; ; no. 85

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8632]

Altri autori (Persone)

GroverNathan Clifford

HenshawFred F <1884-1933.> (Fred Forbes)

McGlashanH. D <1879-> (Harry Deyoe)

Soggetti

Stream measurements

Streamflow

Water

Water-supply

Watersheds

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Table of contents, p. III.

List of illustrations, p. VIII.

Index, p. 441.

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FDLP item number not assigned.