LEADER 04877nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910144432003321 005 20170815114035.0 010 $a1-61344-915-1 010 $a1-282-68936-3 010 $a9786612689369 010 $a0-470-71406-9 010 $a0-470-71405-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000687359 035 $a(EBL)416486 035 $a(OCoLC)476248394 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000227352 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211403 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227352 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269569 035 $a(PQKB)10586914 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC416486 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000687359 100 $a20081017d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrinciples of fire risk assessment in buildings$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Tin Lam Yung 210 $aChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;$aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-85402-2 311 $a0-470-85409-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrinciples of Fire Risk Assessment in Buildings; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Symbols; 1 Introduction; PART I Simple Approach to Fire Risk Assessment; 2 What is Fire Risk Assessment?; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 What is Fire Risk Assessment?; 2.3 Summary; 2.4 Review Questions; References; 3 Fire Risk Assessment Based on Past Fire Experience; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Based on Past Fire Experience; 3.3 Based on Fire Incident Data; 3.4 Summary; 3.5 Review Questions; References; 4 Qualitative Fire Risk Assessment; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Risk Matrix; 4.3 Checklist Method 327 $a4.4 Event-Tree Method4.5 Summary; 4.6 Review Questions; References; 5 Quantitative Fire Risk Assessment; 5.1 Overview; 5.2 Risk Indexing; 5.3 Checklist Method; 5.4 Event-Tree Method; 5.5 Summary; 5.6 Review Questions; References; PART II Fundamental Approach to Fire Risk Assessment; 6 Fundamental Approach to Fire Risk Assessment; 7 Fire Growth Scenarios; 7.1 Overview; 7.2 Compartment Fire Characteristics; 7.3 Fire Model Input and Output Parameters; 7.4 Design Fires; 7.5 Automatic Fire Suppression to Control Fire Growth; 7.6 Summary; 7.7 Review Questions; References 327 $a8 Fire Spread Probabilities8.1 Overview; 8.2 Fire Resistant Construction; 8.3 Probability of Failure; 8.4 Fire Spread Probabilities; 8.5 Summary; 8.6 Review Questions; References; 9 Smoke Spread Scenarios; 9.1 Overview; 9.2 Smoke Spread Characteristics and Modelling; 9.3 Smoke Control Systems to Clear Smoke in Evacuation Routes; 9.4 Summary; 9.5 Review Questions; References; 10 Occupant Evacuation Scenarios; 10.1 Overview; 10.2 Occupant Evacuation Characteristics and Modelling; 10.3 Occupant Safety Measures to Expedite Occupant Response and Evacuation; 10.4 Summary; 10.5 Review Questions 327 $aReferences11 Fire Department Response; 11.1 Overview; 11.2 Fire Department Response Time and Resources; 11.3 Occupant Fatality and Property Loss Modelling; 11.4 Fire Protection Measures to Provide Effective Occupant Rescue and Fire Extinguishment Efforts; 11.5 Summary; 11.6 Review Questions; References; 12 Uncertainty Considerations; 12.1 Overview; 12.2 What Are the Uncertainties?; 12.3 Treatment of Uncertainty; 12.4 Summary; 12.5 Review Questions; References; 13 Fire Risk Management; 13.1 Overview; 13.2 Fire Risk Management; 13.3 Alternative Fire Safety Designs 327 $a13.4 Impact of Inspection and Maintenance on System Reliability13.5 Impact of Evacuation Drills on Early Occupant Response and Evacuation; 13.6 Summary; 13.7 Review Questions; References; Index 330 $aThis book arrives at just the right time to facilitate understanding of performance-based fire risk assessment in buildings - an integral part of the global shift in policy away from traditional prescriptive codes. Yung, an internationally recognised expert on the subject of fire risk assessment, introduces the basic principles and techniques that help the reader to understand the various methodologies that are currently in place or being proposed by different organisations. Through his illustration of basic principles and techniques he enables the reader to conduct their own fire risk asses 606 $aFire risk assessment 606 $aFire prevention 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFire risk assessment. 615 0$aFire prevention. 676 $a363.37/6 676 $a363.376 700 $aYung$b David Tin Lam$0854325 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910144432003321 996 $aPrinciples of fire risk assessment in buildings$91907755 997 $aUNINA