Fire protection and safety

Culture by Design is about shifting focus from solely organisational outcomes and performance, towards organisational culture and wellbeing.

Residential Property Appraisal, Volumes 1 and 2, are handbooks not only for students studying residential surveying but also for those involved in the appraisal of residential property.

Although effective fire sprinkler systems are crucial to public safety, for years, the designers of those systems had few published resources to reference and guide them through their design processes.

This Guide provides information on special topics that affect the fire safety performance of very tall buildings, their occupants and first responders during a fire.

This book presents an overview of recent academic and industrial research efforts concerning halogen-free flame-retardant (FR) polymers and their nanocomposites.

In the realm of safety management, this book embarks on a profound exploration of how the political economy was reshaped in the last two decades.

Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth.

Examines key aspects of quantifying fire safety: property damage, performance of fire services/measures, fire safety modeling and verification, and stochastic modeling.

Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property is the first book to introduce the process of technical due diligence (TDD) and examine the role of the building surveyor within the commercial property sector.

The new edition of the Building Regulations Pocket Book has been fully updated with recent changes to the UK Building Regulations and Planning Law.

BIM (Building Information Modelling) is revolutionising architecture and construction, as more and more practices are realising the benefits it brings to design, sustainability, and construction.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II.

The third edition of Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials provides a single source for all aspects of this highly challenging field of applied research.

When health and safety regulatory frameworks took their present form in the 1970s, they were seen as a triumph of welfare state intervention.

How is it possible that the desire for a perfectly safe world with perfectly safe workplaces helps generate the opposite?

While there are many resources available on fire protection and prevention in chemical petrochemical and petroleum plants this is the first book that pulls them all together in one comprehensive resource.

Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings provides structural engineers, architects, and students with a systematic introduction to fire safety design for tall buildings based on current analysis methods, design guidelines, and codes.

Fire safety is a fundamental requirement of any building, and is of concern to several professions which contribute to the construction process.

This textbook is intended for post-graduate students in mechanical and allied engineering disciplines.

This book offers meaningful insights into an impending challenge for the energy industry, namely the increasing role of asset management amongst the utilities' core operations.

Loss Control Auditing: A Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits is a one-stop resource for both developing and executing a loss control audit program.

Building Systems in Interior Design takes an entirely new approach to teaching this essential topic for Architects, Designers and Building Engineers.

This companion to the renowned International Health and Safety at Work textbook by Hughes and Ferrett is an essential revision aid for students preparing for their written assessments on the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.

The Fire Safety and Risk Management Revision Guide: for the NEBOSH Fire Certificate is the perfect revision aid for students preparing to take their NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management.

Fire Safety Law provides building-owners, managers, individual leaseholders, mortgage-lenders, landlords, and anyone involved in the purchase or sale of a flat situated within a multi-occupied block, with practical, yet comprehensive and well-researched information regarding the subject of fire safety and the associated responsibilities, obligations and rights.

The fast and easy way to score your best on the Firefighter Exam In addition to physical tests of strength, agility, and coordination, firefighters must also pass a difficult written test that requires serious preparation to fare well, and many applicants fail to succeed.

This book explores the major differences between the kinds of risk encountered in different sectors of industry - production (including agriculture) and services - and identifies the main features of accidents within different industries.

Building Systems in Interior Design takes an entirely new approach to teaching this essential topic for Architects, Designers and Building Engineers.

Computer simulation proves to be a valuable tool for the analysis and prediction of compartment fires.

Risk science is becoming increasingly important as businesses, policymakers and public sector leaders are tasked with decision-making and investment using varying levels of knowledge and information.

This book highlights cutting-edge research into emergency early warning management and decision-making for severe accidents.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkey, on November 6-10, 2023.

Enclosure Fire Dynamics, Second Edition explores the science of enclosure fires and how they cause changes in the environment of a building on fire.

Turn an ordinary piece of wood into a fire-burned masterpiece!

EVERY SECOND COUNTS WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY INVOLVINGCONFINED SPACE-HERE'S THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PERFORMING FLAWLESS RESCUES!

The papers presented deal with the general methods and techniques, from a range of disciplines, as they can be applied to specific engineering and fire safety situations.

A panel of experts appointed by the National Research Council assessed the scientific and technical work of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

This new edition serves both as a reference guide for the experienced professional and as a preparation source for those desiring certifications.

This textbook is directly aligned to the NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management, with each element of the syllabus explained in detail.

Large Outdoor Fire Dynamics provides the essential knowledge for the hazard evaluation of large outdoor fires, including wildland, WUI (wildland-urban interface), and urban fires.

In this book, Sidney Dekker sets out to identify the market mechanisms that explain how less government paradoxically leads to greater compliance burdens.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of health and safety in the workplace, focusing on critical safety design, functional safety, and applying risk analysis.

This book presents the results of an experiment assessing the impact of spruce wood joints on the creation and development of fire when these joints are applied within a facade.

This companion to the bestselling Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction is an essential revision aid for students preparing for their written assessments on the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety.

A panel of experts appointed by the National Research Council assessed the scientific and technical work of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

This book addresses smoke management in enclosures and provides a platform for understanding the principles of smoke propagation and spread, heat release rate, and the effect of sprinklers on suppression.

This tenth edition of the most popular and trusted guide reflects all the latest amendments to the Building Regulations, planning permission and the Approved Documents in England and Wales.

This book covers fire and extinguishing theory and reliability theory and how to validate any survey within the field of engineering.

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies on the highway bridge under collision and explosion.