Contents  - Fall 2002

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Passive Fire Protection

• Best Practices Guide for Structural Fire Engineering

• Maintaining Life Safety Effectiveness in the New Building Codes

• Intumescent  "Instant Firewalls" for Low-Cost Fire Protection

• Featured  Association: Association for Specialist Fire Protection

• Fire Safety's Really Smokin'

• The Construction Products Directive - What You Need To Know

• High-Rise Perimeter Protection Systems Reviewed

• Fireproof Paint: Improving Safety in Historic Buildings

• Tunnel Vision - After the Fire Risk Assessment

• Protection With Confidence

Best Practices Guide for Structural Fire Engineering

by Dr. David Moore, Director of the Center of Structural Engineering at Building Research Establishment (BRE)

A performance based design guide for the structural fire engineering of real buildings subject to real fires.

Maintaining Life Safety Effectiveness in the New Building Codes

by Richard Licht, Codes & Standards Manager at 3M Specified Construction Projects

Building Code modifications might serve to roll back the level of public safety and reduce the level of protection that has been achieved in structural fire safety over the past several decades if enacted without technical substantiation.

Intumescent  "Instant Firewalls" for Low-Cost Fire Protection

by Ginger Bennett, from Booz Allen Hamilton, Management and Technology Consulting

This work in progress sets out the theoretical framework for testing intumescent instant firewalls for low cost aircraft engine nacelle fire protection. 

Featured  Association: Association for Specialist Fire Protection

by Graham Ellicott, Chief Executive Office

The ASFP goals state that continuous improvement must be made and standards raised of product/application quality, consistency and good working practices in all aspects of the passive fire protection industry.

Fire Safety's Really Smokin'

by Andrew Bowman, P.E., Senior Fire Protection Engineer at Gage-Babcock & Associates

The September 11 tragedy was beyond the scope of any building code or imagined fire protection scheme,  but it taught a lesson that can be applied to common situations.

The Construction Products Directive - What You Need To Know

by Ruth Boughey Warrington Fire Research

Construction Products Directive and the European Commission address the issue of confidence in building products.

High-Rise Perimeter Protection Systems Reviewed

by James C. Shriver, Thermafiber Mineral Fiber Insulation

Careful and thoughtful selection of a passive fire protection product is long overdue in the high-rise construction trade.

Fireproof Paint: Improving Safety in Historic Buildings

by Laurence Kornfield, Chief Building Inspector for the City and County of San Francisco

Historic buildings deserve the protection guaranteed by intumescent coatings. 

Tunnel Vision - After the Fire Risk Assessment

by David Lane, Fire Consultant and formerly a U.K. Senior Fire Officer

Fire risk assessment (FRA) ensures 'Life Safety' protection with additional benefits - minimizing damage, protecting property and processes, safeguarding the market share, and not least, protecting the environment.

Protection With Confidence

by Andrew Russell, The Loss Prevention Certification Board Scheme Manager

The role of product and installer certification in promoting confidence in passive fire products.

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