Fire Engineering and Emergency Planning : Research and applications

ISBN-13: 9780419201809 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 589 str.

Ronald Barham

Opis

Protection against fire and prevention of explosion is vital in a modern industrial economy. Only recently have fire science and related risk assessment become serious areas of academic study. This published proceedings of the First European Conference on Fire Engineering and Emergency Planning provides an authoritative base of materials covering the research of the late 1990s, applications and hypotheses as a cumulative reference work and a platform for exchanges of ideas within the academic fire community.

Spis treści

Part 1 Fundamental Issues: Fire engineering; Protection of built environment; Strategic emergency planning. Part 2 Applications: Applied research and development - industrial fire safety; Legislation and regulation - Towards EU standards and codes of practice; EC perspectives - new horizons? Part 3 Educational and operational considerations: Fire technology education and training; Public information systems; Risk assessment - probabilites and public perceptions.

O autorze

Barham, R.