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Information Paper 8/92 Development of a fire risk assessment model
Publication Year
1992
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Simulation models can be used to compensate for our lack of information about 'real' fires and to work out the fire risk implications of new materials, building designs and protection systems. This paper describes the fire risk assessment model which is under development at the Fire Research Station and will be used to decide priorities for remedial action and test the validity of new guidelines for building control officers. The model includes mechanisms representing the physical and chemical processes of fire development as well as the behaviour of people trying to escape from or suppress the fire.
Author
Phillips, W. G. B.
Publisher Information
BRE
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