NewsBriefs: Two Lines Closed After New York Subway Fire (The New York Times)
Relief Fund Established for Victims of Southern California Wildfires
Technology: FRP Insulation Helps Columns Resist Fire
Firepower
The processes put in place by water utilities are designed with the quality of water normally received for treatment in mind. But the runoff from areas ravaged by fire can degrade that...
Technology: Simulator Models World Trade Center Fire
Training Grounds
A state-of-the-art training facility at a Texas community college is ready to train fire and rescue personnel to cope with disasters ranging from fuel fires and floods to collapsing structures...
Book Review:
Fire Department Response
Supercomputers Fight Wildfires
New Concepts in Structural Strength Assessment for Large Buildings in Fire
This paper presents theoretical descriptions of the key phenomena that govern the behaviour of composite framed structures in fire. These descriptions have been developed in parallel with...
Small-Diameter Round Timber Connections
An over stocking of trees having diameters less than 20 cm, as measured 1.52 m off the ground presents a major fire hazard to over 54 million acres of National Forest land. Improving the...
Life at the End of the Tunnel
Deadly tunnel fires in Europe have raised new concerns about tunnel fire safety around the world. Modifications to structures, mechanical systems, and operating procedures can make new...
Tunnel Safety: Underground Testing Facility Builds Fire-Training Tunnels
Effects of Wildfire on Water Supplies: A Case Study from Denver, Colorado
Wildfires can directly impact municipal water supplies by increasing a watersheds susceptibility to erosion, and thereby potentially increasing the transport of sediment and organic matter...
Responsibilities of Individual Team Members
Price Pritchett has written a useful, practical, and compact handbook for team members that addresses a great need in the teamwork literature. As he says in Teamwork: The Team Member Handbook...
Estimating Fire Exposures for the Purpose of Evaluating the Expected Performance of Structural Elements
Estimating the Fire Performance of Steel Structural Members
Estimating the Fire Performance of Concrete and Masonry Structural Members
Fire Safety of Composite Buildings in Germany
NIST Studies High-Strength Concrete Performance in Fires
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