Fire Safety Engineering, identified in the original edition as 'a relatively new discipline' has grown significantly in stature, as Fire Safety Engineers around the world begin to apply their skills to complex issues that defy solution by the old 'prescriptive' approach to fire safety. This second edition has the same structure as the first highly successful text, but has been updated with the latest research results. Fire processes are discussed and quantified in terms of the mechanisms of heat transfer and fluid flow. Problems addressed include:

the conditions necessary for ignition and steady burning of combustible materials to occur

how large a fire has to become before fire detectors and sprinkler heads will operate

the circumstances that can lead to flashover in a compartment
This book is unique in that it identifies fire science and fire dynamics and provides the scientific background necessary for the development of fire safety engineering as a professional discipline. It is essential reading for all those involved in this wide ranging field, from Fire Prevention Officers to Consulting Engineers, whether involved in problems of fire risk assessment, fire safety design, or fire investigation. It will also be considerable interest and value to research scientists working in building design, fire physics and chemistry.

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Blaze is not just the story of some of the most destructive fires of modern times, it also follows the story once the fire has been put out - the work of investigators who piece together the case of the ignition, the mechanism by which the fire spread, smoke flows, and even the behaviour of the building's occupants. Their work leads to discoveries that can convict arsonists or form the basis of legislation, making buildings safer places for everyone. This book reveals first-hand testimonies of the fire-fighters who tackle the blazes, and the fire-safety engineers and forensic fire scientists who spend their lives scouring gutted buildings (and sometimes setting fire to perfectly good ones) in search of the data that allows them to understand and predict how the unwanted fires of the future will behave. Includes interviews with Bob Bell and David Halliday.

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As a result of the increase in the amount of information available on the ignition, growth, and development of fires, the amount of information a fire investigator must possess has dramatically increased in recent decades. The purpose of this manual is to provide fire investigators with the information, data, and resources necessary to meet the job performance requirements for fire investigators as defined in NFPA 1033, the American standard for fire investigation. Fire investigators in every segment of the profession will find the information contained in this manual useful in their professional development. Chapters include organisation, responsibility and authority; fire behaviour; building construction; building services; base electricity; hazardous materials; examining the fire scene; securing the fire scene; documenting the fire scene; evidence collection and preservation; interviewing interrogation, interior and exterior examination; determining the area of origin, debris examination; analysis of investigative findings; and presentation of investigative findings.

The author is a fellow of the American Board of Criminalistics (Fire Debris) and his book is one of the most widely read and well-accepted textbooks in the field of fire investigation. It covers: the elementary chemistry of combustion; the nature and behaviour of fire; automobile, motor vehicle and ship fires; electrical causes of fire; clothing and fabric fires; explosions and explosive combustion; chemical fires and hazardous materials; fire-related deaths and injuries; the crime of arson as well as laboratory work and report writing.

This book is another in the series on the practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations. An American publication, it provides practical information for the novice fire investigation student, as well as a ready reference for the experienced examiner. The text is based on the author's experience both as a fire-fighter and as a fire investigator.

This book is intended for those whose duties include the investigation of fires, particularly fire officers, police officers and forensic scientists. Chapters include: effects of structures and contents; effects of occupancy; effects of fire-fighting; management of fire investigation; safety aspects; information gathering; locating seats of fire; excavation and sampling techniques; deductive evidence at fire scenes; fires involving fatalities; explosives and explosions; vehicle fires; heating cooking and lighting; recognition of types of fire; arson; fire setters; physical processes in fire; electricity; chemistry and fire; chemistry of flammable materials; laboratory examination; matches; laboratory analysis and the expert witness.

Investigating fires and similar incidents is a dirty and hazardous business. Those involved in such activities should aim to reduce the potential risks to an absolute minimum, whilst carrying out as full an investigation as possible. This book, written by a member of the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory's Fire Investigation Unit, was produced originally for its own staff. The contents will also be of value to others whose investigative work brings them onto sites of fires and other emergencies. The author outlines the general principles involved in identifying hazards, assessing risks and adopting a safety system of survey work. The book includes chapters on the law relating to safety at work; protective clothing; assessing building safety; after-effects of firefighting; practical precautions; other people at the scene; safety working practices; and chemical and biological hazards.

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