A review of literature related to fire evacuation in high-rise buildings was carried out with the
following objectives,(1) to identify the key behavioural factors affecting the performance of …

Practically all fires go through an important, initial stage in which a coherent, buoyant gas
stream rises above a localized volume undergoing combustion into surrounding space of …

The increasing complexity of technological solutions to both fire safety design issues and fire
safety regulations demand higher levels of training and continuing education for fire …

When two or more pool fires burn in such close proximity of one another that they can
influence each other, they are termed 'multiple pool fires'(MPF). The characteristics and the …

This Guide describes how to use the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) version 5. Because
new features are added periodically, check the current version number on the inside front …

Crowd evacuation of a building has been studied over the last decades. In this paper, seven
methodological approaches for crowd evacuation have been identified. These approaches …

Evacuation calculations are increasingly becoming a part of performance-based analyses to
assess the level of life safety provided in buildings 1. In some cases, engineers are using …

Smoke is a leading cause of death in fire. To minimize the potential harm from the smoke
hazards in the course of a fire, a rational virtual reality (VR)-based fire training simulator …

An existing cellular automaton evacuation model is modified to simulate an evacuation
experiment conducted in a classroom with obstacles. In the modified model, the impact of …

This book provides essential understanding of flows in fire and smoke dynamics in
enclosures, covering combustion, heat transfer and fire suppression in more detail than …