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Fire Protection Engineering Criteria Manual. Fire Protection Technical Library.

41 Resources
Analysis and Design of Profiled Blast Walls [25779] ?

Study on the design of stainless steel profiled barriers subjected to blast loading generated from typical explosions

Analysis of the Key Aspects of HFCs in Comparison with Alternatives [13606] ?

Final Report to the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, August 23, 1999 - 13 sections

Atrium Smoke Control Design [13058] ?

Balcony spill plume for atrium smoke control

Building and Fire Research Laboratory Publications [18483] ?

Contains over 2000 document abstracts and complete publications since 1993

Building Code Corner [39200] ?

Quarterly article series on construction code-related topics

Canada Manual Policy Interpretation-Evaluation of Equivalent-Material Evaluation [17610] ?

Fire safety requirements for federal buildings in Canada

Canada: Fire Protection Requirements for Police Detachment Buildings [17609] ?

Fire protection design requirements for buildings of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Central Alarm Fire Detection Systems [pdf] [26655] ?

How such systems are a vital component to limiting fire loss

Development of a Method for the Determination of On-Site Ignition Probabilities [25775] ?

An ignition probability model has been derived to consider larger, catastrophic, releases

Fire Compartmentation and Fire Resistance [11852] ?

This paper deals with fire compartmentation

Fire Engineering Technical Articles [14709] ?

Technical articles on industry related issues

Fire Hydrant Technical Information [12816] ?

Definitions and names of hydrant components and general hydrant information

Fire on the Web [901] ?

Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) information and software

Fire Protection Design Manual [pdf] [27177] ?

The text of a fire protection design manual

Fire Protection Engineering Archives [4839] ?

Magazine articles to assist architectural and engineering firms

Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities [pdf] [34120] ?

A manual that details the protection requirements for US Dept of Defense facilities

Fire Protection Engineering Presentations & Articles [14713] ?

Series of technical articles and slide presentations

Fire Protection for High Rise Buildings [14582] ?

Guidelines for fire protection equipment, alarm testing, etc

Fire Protection for Low Rise Buildings [14583] ?

Guidelines for fire protection equipment, alarm testing, etc

Fire Protection in Rural Areas: Dry Hydrants for Ponds [17352] ?

Dry hydrants provide an easy access to fill tank trucks regardless of weather

Fire Protection Systems [17663] ?

Photos and graphics of sprinkler systems, fire detection systems, smoke control systems, etc.

Fire Protection Systems Technical Bulletins [418] ?

Technical bulletins related to fire extinguishing systems - fire hoses, commercial cooking, portable extinguishers

Fire Protection Technical Library [333] ?

Series of documents on fire suppression systems, fire extinguishers, etc.

Firestopping For Code & Safety [17798] ?

A discussion of firestop products and solutions

FM Approval Standards [28949] ?

The criteria for FM Approval of fire engineered products such as sprinkler systems, fire pumps, hose racks

Guide for Determination of Needed Fire Flow [24349] ?

A guide to estimating the amount of water that should be available for municipal fire protection

Guideline on Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies [17276] ?

Older buildings often contain materials that are fire safe but not listed in current rating sources

Health Care Facilities - FSES [pdf] [18942] ?

Basic elements of the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) for Health Care Facilities

Hospital Fire Safety Specifications [21806] ?

The fire safety specs used by the US Veterans Administration

HUD Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies [pdf] [8277] ?

A compilation of fire ratings for 19th & mid-20th century building materials and assemblies

ICC-ES Building Product Criteria List [39201] ?

Acceptance criteria and evaluation guidelines for hundreds of building products to meet code requirements

ISO Fire Suppression Rating Schedule: An Overview [24350] ?

Explains how the schedule works - also provides access to FSRS equivalency list and relative-value tables

Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems [pdf] [12442] ?

Inspection, maintenance & testing of fire alarm systems, sprinkler & standpipe systems, foam systems

NIST Engineering Laboratory [5660] ?

Technical building and fire safety industry documents

Portable Structure Fire Protection Guidelines [pdf] [33584] ?

Includes fire protection features and separation distances for portable buildings

School Fire Safety Report [15766] ?

Standard operating procedures in use by the State of New York

Sizing Fire Pumps [1907] ?

Using Pump Curves

Standpipe Fire Hose - OSHA Standards [25182] ?

OSHA requirements for standpipe and hose systems

Unified Facilities Guide Specifications [18292] ?

Construction specs manual with sections related to fire engineering

WA-Washington Public Protection [15403] ?

Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau's public protection criteria for the State of Washington

What is FPE? [14691] ?

Provides an overview of Fire Protection Engineering


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Building design & architectural elements related to safety, maintenance, etc

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Control of special fire hazards

Property / Fire Safety
Fire safety programs, checklists and reference materials

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Descriptions of lighting technologies

Property / Smoke
Smoke detectors, smoke management, smoke alarms

Property / Sprinklers
Technical resources on fire sprinklers, halon, fire protection engineering

Regulations / Building
Ordering information for building code standards such as UBC, UFC, NEC


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