Reporting of Fire Incidents in Heavy Timber Structures

摘要

The investigation of fire incidents in heavy timber construction is based solely on the 1977-1981 data files of the National Fire Incidents Reporting System (NFIRS) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Buildings of heavy timber construction usually consist of interior columns, beams, and floors of wood and exterior walls of noncombustible construction. About half of the reported incidents involved one of two types of fixed property use which present different types of fire problems: either one-and two-family dwellings or agricultural products storage structures (barns and stables).