Title page for ETD etd-01215-094748

Document Type	thesis
Author Name	Callery, James Francis
Email Address	none
URN	etd-01215-094748
Title	Building Evaluation for Manual Suppression
Degree	MS
Department	Fire Protection Engineering
Advisors	Robert Fitzgerald, Advisor David A . Lucht, Department Head
Keywords	building fire protection fire evaluation manual suppression
Date of Presentation/Defense	1998-05-01
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Recent improvements in equipment used by firefighters has increased the value of manual suppression in buildings. However, because there is no evaluation method available, the effectiveness of manual suppression can not be incorporated into a fire safety analysis of a building. This thesis develops a method for evaluating manual suppression in buildings. he evaluation is done through an analysis of the paths through a building firefighters will use to attack a fire. The analysis considers the building, fire and fire department factors influencing progress towards teh fire. The fire attack path analysis yeilds a value relating the relative difficulty of a path.
Files	J_Callery_1.pdf J_Callery_2.pdf J_Callery_3.pdf

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