Appendix D - Technical References and Resources
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Appendix D - Technical References and Resources

  1 Section 3 of the guidelines states that the fire safety engineering approach should be “based on sound fire science and engineering practice incorporating widely accepted methods, empirical data, calculations, correlations and computer models as contained in engineering textbooks and technical literature." There are literally thousands of technical resources that may be of use in a particular fire safety design. Therefore, it is very important that fire safety engineers and other members of the design team determine the acceptability of the sources and methodologies used for the particular applications in which they are used.

  2 When determining the validity of the resources used, it is helpful to know the process through which the document was developed, reviewed and validated. For example, many codes and standards are developed under an open consensus process conducted by recognised professional societies, codes making organisations or governmental bodies. Other technical references are subject to a peer review process, such as many of the technical and engineering journals available. Also, engineering handbooks and textbooks provide widely recognised and technically solid information and calculation methods.

  3 Additional guidance on selection of technical references and resources, along with lists of subject-specific literature, can be found in:

  • .1 The SFPE Engineering Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection Analysis and Design of Buildings, Society of Fire Protection Engineers and National Fire Protection Association, 1999.

  • .2 ISO/TR 13387-1 through 13387-8, “Fire safety engineering", International Standards Organization, 1999.

  4 Other important technical references include:

  • .1 Custer, R.L.P. and Meacham, B.J., "Introduction to Performance-Based Fire Safety", Society of Fire Protection Engineers, USA, 1997;

  • .2 Engineering Guide to Assessing Flame Radiation to External Targets from Liquid Pool Fires, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD, 1999;

  • .3 Engineering Guide to Predicting 1st and 2nd degree Skin Burns, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD, 1999;

  • .4 Fire Protection Handbook, 20th Edition, A. E. Cote, ed., National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA, 2008;

  • .5 Hadjisophocleous, G. and Benechou, N., "Performance criteria used in performance-based Design", Automation in Construction, 8 (489-501), 1999;

  • .6 Hurley, M.J. and Bukowski, R.W., "Fire hazard analysis and techniques", NFPA Fire Protection Handbook 20th Ed., Sec. 3 Ch. 7, 2008;

  • .7 ISO 13344:2015, Estimation of the lethal toxic potency of fire effluents;

  • .8 ISO 13571:2012, Life-threatening components of fire – Guidelines for the estimation of time to compromised tenability in fires;

  • .9 ISO 13943:2008, Fire safety – Vocabulary;

  • .10 ISO 19706:2011, Guidelines for assessing the fire threat to people;

  • .11 Jin, T., "Studies of Emotional Instability in Smoke from Fires", Journal of Fire and Flammability, Vol. 12 (130-142), 1981;

  • .12 Klote, J.H. and Milke, J.A., "Principles of Smoke Management", American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2002;

  • .13 Milke, J.A. et al., "Tenability Analyses in Performance-Based Design", Fire Protection Engineering, 2005;

  • .14 NFPA 550, "Guide to the Use of the Fire Safety Concepts Tree", National Fire Protection Association, 1995;

  • .15 Purser, D.A., "Assessment of Hazards to Occupants from Smoke, Toxic Gases, and Heat", The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 4th Edition, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA, 2002;

  • .16 SFPE Engineering Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection, Society of Fire Protection Engineers and National Fire Protection Association, 2nd Edition, 2007;

  • .17 SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 4th Edition, P. J. DiNenno, ed., The Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA, 2008; and

  • .18 Wade, C. et al., "Developing Fire Performance Criteria for New Zealand's Performance Based Building Code", Presented at the Fire Safety Engineering International Seminar, Paris, France, April, 2007.

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