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  1. Division of Fire Safety Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Nils Johansson

  2. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Björn Karlsson

  3. Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Revinge, Sweden

    Stefan Svensson

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    Wai Cheong Tam

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Johansson, N., Karlsson, B., Svensson, S. (2024). Building Fire Dynamics and Safety. In: Huang, X., Tam, W.C. (eds) Intelligent Building Fire Safety and Smart Firefighting. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48161-1_1

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