Live Webinar: March 1, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. EST
This
presentation provides an overview of the SFPE Foundation report on developing a
Design Fire and Material Performance Database. We have identified numerous
sources of data of properties that are needed to describe a Design Fire. While
some of the sources have a high level of visibility (such as those in the SFPE
Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering or codes and standards documents
provided by organizations internationally), some sources are not as visible
such as theses and research reports. The investment in a living database would
appreciably assist in helping to raise the visibility of all resources. We
identified several exiting methodologies to develop Design Fire Scenario (DFS) descriptions,
as well as a set of gaps related to the probabilistic aspect of a DFS and
to fuel properties related to the ignition source. We will propose a work plan
to provide a living database of fuel properties for DF descriptions.
This project contributes to the Building Fires and the Fire Dynamics threads of the SFPE Research Roadmap.
Learning Objectives:
- Gaining an overview of existing sources of data of properties to describe a Design Fire
- Understanding the existing gaps with respect to those sources
- Learning about a plan to provide a living database of fuel properties for DF descriptions
Speakers:
James Milke, PE, PhD, FSFPE
Jack Poole, PE. FSFPE
David Stacy, PE
Professional Development Hours:
1.0 PDH
Fees:
Free
Questions? Please email us at education@sfpe.org.
