New Approaches to Evaluating Firesafety in Buildings: Proceedings of a Conference, September 20-21, 1978, Washington, DC

摘要

A conference was organized on 'New Approaches to Evaluating Firesafety in Building', with the joint sponsorship of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration and the Construction Research Council, to provide a broad audience representative of the building community with a better understanding of the developmental status of systems approaches and their application to firesafety. The purpose of this report is to present the proceedings of the conference. The first portion of the two day conference was devoted to description of the four basic approaches to the systems concept that have been or are being developed and their actual application. These papers are presented in Part I of this report. During the second portion of the conference, the potential impact of systems applications was discussed. Five panels composed of representatives of those groups that would be most affected by such applications (i.e., owners and managers, designers, insurers, codes and standards groups, and educators and trainers) led the discussion and the presentations of these panelists are presented in Part II of this report. A list of those participating in the conference is presented in the Appendix.