Fire performance analysis for buildings / Robert W. Fitzgerald and Brian J. Meacham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, Robert W., author.

Meacham, Brian J., author.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Standardized Title:

Building fire performance analysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building, Fireproof.

Fire prevention--Inspection.

Fire prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (921 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, [England] : Wiley, 2017.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

A building fire is dynamic. A continually changing hostile fire environment influences time relationships that affect fire defenses and risks to people and building functions. The fire and fire defenses in each building interact with different sequences and distinct ways. Risks are characterized by the building's performance. Significantly updated and restructured new edition Fire Performance Analysis for Buildings, 2 nd Edition organizes the complex interactions into an analytical framework to evaluate any building - at any location - built under any regulatory jurisdiction or era. Systematic, logical procedures evaluate individual component behavior and integrate results to understand holistic performance. The Interactive Performance Information (IPI) chart structures complex time-related interactions among the fire, fire defenses, and associated risks. Quantification uses state-of-the-art deterministic methods of fire safety engineering and fire science. Managing uncertainty is specifically addressed. Key features: * Emphasizes fire performance analysis for new or existing buildings. * Augments fire dynamics calculation methods with qualitative methods to form a more complete understanding of the effects of hostile fire characteristics on building performance. * Describes fire ground operations for engineers with no fire service experience. An analysis evaluates ways the site and building design help or hinder manual fire suppression. * Establishes a transition from traditional structural requirements to modern calculation based structural analysis and design for fire conditions. Structural concepts are described for non-structural engineers to enable the roles of each profession to be integrated into comprehensive performance evaluations. * Addresses techniques of managing uncertainty to improve understanding and communication with professionals of other disciplines. * Describes methods of risk management using information from the building's performance analysis. Fire Performance Analysis for Buildings, 2 nd Edition has been completely restructured around a performance based framework. Applications integrate traditional fire defenses with fire science and engineering to combine component performance with holistic performance.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Fire Performance and Buildings

1.1 The Dynamics of Building Fire Performance

1.2 The Anatomy of Building Fire Safety

1.3 Analysis and Design

1.4 Performance Analysis

1.5 Quantification

1.6 The Organization

Part I: The Foundation

2 Preliminary Organization

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Overview of Evaluations

PART ONE: ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPTS

2.3 The Diagnostic Fire

2.4 Anatomy of a Representative Fire

2.5 Fire Prevention

2.6 Fire Scenarios

PART TWO: BARRIERS, SPACES, AND CONNECTIVITY

2.7 Spaces and Barriers

2.8 Barriers and Fire

2.9 Barrier Performance

2.10 Space-Barrier Connectivity

2.11 Virtual Barriers

2.12 Virtual Barrier Applications

2.13 Space-Barrier Discussion

PART THREE: FIRE DEFENSES

2.14 Fire Defenses

2.15 Active Fire Defenses

2.16 Passive Fire Defenses

2.17 Closure

3 Tools of Analysis

3.1 Introduction

PART ONE: THE LOGIC

3.2 The Framework Logic

3.3 The Major Parts

3.4 Event Logic Diagrams

3.5 Event Logic Observations

3.6 Logic Networks

3.7 Decomposing Logic Networks

3.8 Network Diagram Observations

3.9 Single Value Networks

3.10 Time Relationships Using Event Trees

3.11 Continuous Value Networks

3.12 The IPI Chart

3.13 Coding

PART TWO: SPACE-BARRIER CONNECTIVITY

3.14 Introduction

3.15 Room Connectivity

3.16 Building Interconnectivity

3.17 Segmenting Buildings

3.18 Summary

PART THREE: ADDITIONAL TOOLS

3.19 Networks and Charts

3.20 Organizational Charts

3.21 Organizational Networks

3.22 Closure

4 An Introduction to the Interactive Performance Information Chart

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Basic Template

4.3 The Working Template

4.4 Reading IPI Charts

4.5 Building Comparisons.

4.6 IPI Enhancements

4.7 Summary

5 Quantification

5.1 Performance Evaluations

5.2 Information Accessibility

5.3 Quantification

5.4 Performance Estimates

5.5 Uncertainty in Performance Estimates

5.6 Philosophical Reflections

5.7 Closure

Part II: The Parts

6 The Room Fire

6.1 Introduction

PART ONE: ROOM FIRE CONCEPTS

6.2 Fire

6.3 The Role of Heat: Ignition

6.4 The Role of Heat: Heat of Combustion and Heat Release Rate

6.5 The Role of Heat: Heat Transfer

6.6 Realms of Fire Growth

6.7 Fire Development: Fire Free Status to EB

6.8 Room Fires

6.9 Feedback

6.10 Flashover

6.11 Fully Developed Fire

6.12 The Role of Ventilation

6.13 The Role of Barriers

6.14 The Fire Development Process: EB to FO

6.15 The Fire Development Process: FO to Burnout

6.16 Summary

PART TWO: ROOM FIRE DESCRIPTORS

6.17 Introduction

6.18 Fuels

6.19 Fuel Packages and Fuel Groups

6.20 Heat Release Rate

6.21 Fire Size Measures

6.22 Overview of Factors that Affect Room Fire Behavior

6.23 Flashover

6.24 αt Fires

6.25 Realm 6: Fully Developed Fire

6.26 Limits of Applicability

6.27 Large Rooms: Full Room Involvement

6.28 Fire Safety Engineering in the Information Age

6.29 Closure

7 The Room Fire: Qualitative Analysis

7.1 The Role of Qualitative Analysis

7.2 Qualitative Estimates for Room Fires

PART ONE: BOTTOM‐UP ESTIMATES

7.3 Bottom‐up Scenario Estimates

7.4 Time and the Fire Growth Potential

7.5 FGP Adjustments

7.6 Estimating Spread‐over Scenarios

PART TWO: TOP‐DOWN ESTIMATES

7.7 Qualitative Room Classifications

7.8 FGP Comparisons

7.9 Interior Design and Model Rooms

7.10 FGP Classification Groups

7.11 Selecting FGP Groups

7.13 Closure

8 Beyond the Room of Origin

8.1 Introduction

8.2 The Inspection Plan.

PART ONE: BARRIER EFFECTIVENESS

8.3 Barrier Functions in Buildings

8.4 Barrier Fire Functions

8.5 Concepts for Barrier Evaluations

8.6 Barrier Failure Modes

8.7 Barrier Failures and Building Performance

Part Two: Barrier-Space Modules

8.8 Introduction

8.9 Barrier-Space Modules

8.10 Massive Barrier Failure (D)

8.11 Hot‐spot Barrier Failure (T)

8.12 The Role of Interior Finish

8.13 Virtual Barriers

8.14 Qualitative Diagnostic Fire Analysis: Room Classifications

8.15 Qualitative Diagnostic Fire Analysis: Barrier Contributions

8.16 Qualitative Diagnostic Fire Analysis: Modules

PART THREE: QUALITATIVE FIRE ANALYSIS

8.17 Introduction

8.18 The Process

8.19 Discussion

8.20 Information Technology Enhancements

9 Smoke Analysis

9.1 Introduction

9.2 The Plan

9.3 Smoke

9.4 Buoyancy Forces

9.5 Natural Air Movement

9.6 Wind

9.7 Tenability Considerations

9.8 Smoke Movement Analysis

9.9 Smoke Movement Networks

9.10 Qualitative Smoke Movement Analysis

9.11 Quantitative Analysis

9.12 Discussion

10 The Diagnostic Fire

10.1 Diagnostic Fires

10.2 Interactive Performance Information (IPI) Chart and the Diagnostic Fire

10.3 Closure

11 Fire Detection

11.1 Introduction

PART ONE: AUTOMATIC DETECTION

11.2 Instrument Detection

11.3 Detection Instruments

11.4 Automatic Detection Analysis

11.5 Instrument Reliability

PART TWO: HUMAN DETECTION

11.6 Concepts in Human Fire Detection

11.7 Human Detection Analysis

11.8 Closure

12 Alarm: Actions After Detection

12.1 Introduction

PART ONE: ALERT OCCUPANTS

12.2 Focus on Alert

12.3 Alerting Occupants

12.4 Summary

PART TWO: NOTIFY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

12.5 Introduction

12.6 Human Notification (MN)

12.7 Discussion

12.8 Automated Notification Services.

12.9 Discussion

PART THREE: BUILDING SYSTEM INTERFACES

12.10 Release Services

13 Fire Department Extinguishment: Arrival

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Organizing the Topic

PART ONE: MANUAL EXTINGUISHMENT OVERVIEW

13.3 The Role of the Fire Department

13.4 Building Analysis Overview

13.5 Part A: Ignition to Notification

13.6 Part B: Notification to Arrival

13.7 Part C: Arrival to Extinguishment

PART TWO: COMMUNITY FIRE DEPARTMENTS

13.8 Fire Department Organizations

13.9 Fire Companies

13.10 Building Fire Brigades

PART THREE: COMMUNITY FIRE RESPONSE

13.11 Fire Department Response Time

13.12 Communications Centers

13.13 Alarm Handling Time

13.14 Turnout Time

13.15 Travel Time

13.16 Response Time Analysis

14 Fire Department Extinguishment: First Water (MA)

THE FIRE FIGHTER AND THE ENGINEER

14.1 Introduction

PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF MANUAL EXTINGUISHMENT ANALYSIS

14.2 The Process

14.3 Phase 1: Initial Water Application (MA)

14.4 Summary

PART TWO: A BRIEF LOOK AT FIRE FIGHTING

14.5 Initial Fire Ground Actions

14.6 Information

14.7 Pause for Discussion

14.8 Manual Fire Fighting

14.9 No Two Fires Are Alike

14.10 Summary

PART THREE: SUPPLY WATER ANALYSIS

14.11 Introduction

14.12 Scenario Analysis

14.13 Supply Water Analysis

14.14 Supply Water Discussion

14.15 Project Analysis

14.16 Task Modules

14.17 Time and Tasks

14.18 Variability

14.19 General Analysis

14.20 Work Breakdown Structure

14.21 Task Precedence

14.22 Network Construction

14.23 Network Calculations

14.24 Variation Analysis

14.25 Additional Examples

14.26 Levels of Detail

14.27 Time Coordination

14.28 Discussion

PART FOUR: INTERIOR FIRE ATTACK ANALYSIS

14.29 Introduction

14.30 Overview of Stretching Interior Attack Lines.

14.31 Task Modules

14.32 Architectural Segments

14.33 Architectural Obstacles

14.34 ALP Pre‐movement

14.35 Multiple Attack Lines

14.36 Variables

14.37 Time Estimates

14.38 Attack Route Analysis

PART FIVE: PHASE 1 ANALYSIS

14.39 Introduction

14.40 Phase 1 Comments

14.41 Calculating Time Durations

14.42 If…

14.43 What If…

14.44 The IPI Chart

14.45 Summary

15 Fire Department Extinguishment

15.1 First Water Applied… Now What?

15.2 The Engineer and the Incident Commander

15.3 Pause to Review Available Information

15.4 Phase 2 Assessments

15.5 Offensive Attack

15.6 Defensive Fire Fighting

15.7 Barrier Functions in Fire Fighting

15.8 Exposure Protection

15.9 Constraints

15.10 Critical Fire Conditions

15.11 Fire Control (MC)

15.12 Fire Extinguishment (ME)

15.13 Summary

16 Automatic Sprinkler Suppression

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Sprinkler System Performance

PART ONE: SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

16.3 Sprinkler Extinguishment

16.4 The Sprinkler System

16.5 Types of Sprinkler Systems

PART TWO: SPRINKLER PERFORMANCE

16.6 Organization for Thinking

16.7 Agent Application (AA)

16.8 Agent Application Events

16.9 Operational Effectiveness Observations

16.10 Sprinkler Fusing (fac)

16.11 Water Discharge (dac)

16.12 Water Flow Continuity (cac)

16.13 Obstructions (wac)

16.14 Operational Effectiveness Guidelines

16.15 Analysis and the IPI Chart

16.16 Auxiliary Equipment and Other Conditions

16.17 Partially Sprinklered Buildings

16.18 Fire Department Mutual Aid

16.19 Automatic Suppression

16.20 Closure

17 The Composite Fire

17.1 Introduction

17.2 The Fire Limit (L)

17.3 Composite Fire

17.4 Theoretical Completeness

17.5 Summary

18 Materials, Codes, Standards, Practices, and Performance

18.1 Introduction.

PART ONE: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523123513

1523123516

9781118926499

1118926498

9781118926338

1118926331

9781118926321

1118926323

OCLC:

964243241