Workshop on Fire Protection Technology: A Record of the U.S. Papers Prepared for the Workshop on Fire Protection Technology Held in Cairo, Egypt, April 27-28, 1986

摘要

A series of talks were given by the U.S. participants in the Workshop on Fire Protection Technology, within the framework of the cooperation of NBS with Egyptian institution. The Egyptian institution involved with this workshop is the National Institute for Standards. NBS proposed the Workshop in order to explain the value of fire safety to the intended audience. Papers presented include the following: The National Bureau of Standards and Its International Programs, Fire Tests in the United States, Fire Safety Codes in the United States, Engineering Applications for Fire Related Prediction Tools, Fire Detection and Alarm Systems, Fire Statistics and Their use in Fire Protection; Failure Analysis and Analytical Fire Investigation; Fire Organization in the United States, and Industrial Fire Suppression.