Content: Preface xxiii Acknowledgements xxv 1 Fire Performance and Buildings 1 2 Preliminary Organization 9 3 Tools of Analysis 31 4 An Introduction to the Interactive Performance Information Chart 59 5 Quantification 73 Part II The Parts 79 6 The Room Fire 81 7 The Room Fire: Qualitative Analysis 119 8 Beyond the Room of Origin 147 9 Smoke Analysis 175 10 The Diagnostic Fire 191 11 Fire Detection 193 12 Alarm: Actions After Detection 203 13 Fire Department Extinguishment: Arrival 219 14 Fire Department Extinguishment: First Water (MA) 237 15 Fire Department Extinguishment: Control and Extinguishment 295 16 Automatic Sprinkler Suppression 305 17 The Composite Fire 325 18 Materials, Codes, Standards, Practices, and Performance 331 19 Concepts in Structural Analysis for Fire Conditions 365 20 Target Spaces and Smoke 401 21 Life Safety 411 22 Risk Characterizations 417 23 Fire Prevention 435 Part III The Analysis 449 24 Fire Performance: Framework for Analysis 451 25 The Diagnostic Fire 455 26 Fire Detection 463 27 Fire Department Notification 475 28 Fire Department Extinguishment 483 29 Automatic Sprinkler Suppression 501 30 The Composite Fire 517 31 Structural Performance 521 32 Target Space Smoke Analysis 525 33 Life Safety Analysis 531 34 Prevent Established Burning 541 Part IV Managing Uncertainty 555 35 Understanding Uncertainty 557 36 Visual Thinking 581 37 Introduction to Risk Management 597 38 Analytical Foundations 615 Appendix A Organizational Structure 637 A.1 The Organizational Framework 637 A.2 Basic Organization 637 A.3 The Composite Fire 637 A.4 The Diagnostic Fire (I) 639 A.5 Fire Department Manual Extinguishment 640 A.6 Detection 640 A.7 Notification 642 A.8 Notification to Arrival 643 A.9 Arrival to Extinguishment 645 A.10 Automatic Sprinkler System 646 A.11 Building Response: Structural Behavior 647 A.12 Building Response: Space Tenability 648 A.13 Risk Characterizations 648 A.14 Occupant Movement 650 A.15 Other Risks 651 A.16 Prevent Established Burning (EB): Occupant Extinguishment 651 A.17 Prevent EB: Special Hazards Protection 653 A.18 Closure 653 Appendix B Model Building 655 Description 655 Plans 655 Index 661
