TY - BOOK ID - 4862276 TI - Evaluation of Fire Flow Methodologies AU - Benfer, Matthew E. AU - Scheffey, Joseph L. PY - 2015 SN - 9781493928897 1493928880 9781493928880 1493928899 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Engineering. KW - Civil Engineering. KW - Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. KW - Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer. KW - System safety. KW - Civil engineering. KW - Ingénierie KW - Sécurité des systèmes KW - Génie civil KW - Fire extinction -- Water-supply -- Mathematical models -- Methodology. KW - Engineering - General KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Fire extinction KW - Water-supply KW - Mathematical models KW - Methodology. KW - Buildings KW - Extinction of fires KW - Fighting of fires KW - Fire fighting KW - Fire suppression KW - Firefighting KW - Fires and fire prevention KW - Thermodynamics. KW - Heat engineering. KW - Heat transfer. KW - Mass transfer. KW - Quality control. KW - Reliability. KW - Industrial safety. KW - Fire prevention KW - Public safety KW - Insurance engineering KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Safety, System KW - Safety of systems KW - Systems safety KW - Accidents KW - Industrial safety KW - Systems engineering KW - Engineering KW - Public works KW - Prevention KW - Mass transport (Physics) KW - Thermodynamics KW - Transport theory KW - Heat transfer KW - Thermal transfer KW - Transmission of heat KW - Energy transfer KW - Heat KW - Mechanical engineering KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Dynamics KW - Mechanics KW - Physics KW - Heat-engines KW - Quantum theory KW - Industrial accidents KW - Industries KW - Job safety KW - Occupational hazards, Prevention of KW - Occupational health and safety KW - Occupational safety and health KW - Prevention of industrial accidents KW - Prevention of occupational hazards KW - Safety, Industrial KW - Safety engineering KW - Safety measures KW - Safety of workers KW - System safety KW - Dependability KW - Trustworthiness KW - Conduct of life KW - Factory management KW - Industrial engineering KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Standardization KW - Quality assurance KW - Quality of products UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4862276 AB - This SpringerBrief offers careful assessments of the appropriateness and effectiveness of currently available methodologies for fire flow. It explains the water supply requirements for firefighting including rate of flow, the residual pressure required at that flow, and the duration that is necessary to control a major fire in a specific structure. First reviewing existing fire flow calculation methodologies in the U.S. and globally, the authors determine the new information necessary to validate the existing fire flow calculation methodologies. After identifying 19 methods from the U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New England, and Canada, two types of methods are evaluated: those for building planning based on fire and building code requirements, and those for on-scene fire service use. Building planning methods are also examined, including an explanation of the range of building variables that determine fire flow. A survey form for fire departments is provided to help fire departments identify key predictive features based on construction and building parameters. Researchers and professionals in fire engineering will find the recommendations in Evaluation of Fire Flow Methodologies valuable. ER -