Fires associated with vehicles have the potential to impact on life safety and property
protection. The fire severity characteristics of single passenger vehicle fires are presented in
this paper by the total energy released, peak rate of heat release and the time to peak rate of
heat release using experimental data collated from the literature. Risk-based fire design can
be supported by data presented in a statistical form such that passenger vehicles are
categorized by their curb weight and probability distribution curves are obtained for each fire …