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A prototype methodology for fire hazard analysis

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The first version of a method for predicting the hazards to occupants involved in a building fire is described. The method and available computer software, called HAZARDI, can predict the time varying environment within a building resulting from a specified fire; the locations and actions of occupants; and the impact of the exposure of each of the occupants to the fire products in terms of whether the occupants successfully escape, are incapacitated, or are killed.

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Peacock, R.D., Bukowski, R.W. A prototype methodology for fire hazard analysis. Fire Technol 26, 15–40 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01040188

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