1st Edition

Fire Engineering and Emergency Planning Research and applications

By R. Barham Copyright 1996
    576 Pages
    by Routledge

    612 Pages
    by Routledge

    Protection against fire and prevention of explosion is vital in a modern industrial economy. This published proceedings of the First European Conference on Fire Engineering and Emergency Planning provides an authoritative base of materials covering the latest research, applications and hypotheses as a cumulative reference work and a platform for exchanges of ideas within the academic fire community.

    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.

    Biography

    Barham, R.