6. Glossary – Definitions
Dimensioning fire; Design fire [ISO 13943].
Quantitative description of theoretical fire characteristics in the design fire scenario
In general, this is an ideal description of the variation with time of important fire variables such as heat output, flame spread rate, smoke development rate, toxic gas yields and temperature.
FEC – fractional effective concentration; Fractional effective concentration [ISO 13943].
Ratio of the concentration of an irritant to the concentration likely to produce a specific effect on an exposed individual of average sensitivity.
the concept of FEC toxicity can refer to all effects, including incapacitation, lethality or other resulting effects....
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Bibliography
- (1) - BENEFEU - The potential benefits of fire safety engineering in the European Union. Benefits of fire safety engineering in the EU. - (EC CONTRACT EDT/01/503480) http://www.warringtonfire.net/registered/Benefeu%20Report.pdf ...
Websites
France http://www.pnisi.fr (unofficial)
Denmark http://www.ebst.dk/file/202479/brandteknisk_dimensionering.pdf
Germany http://www.vfdb.de
...Events
Conference: International Symposium of Fire Safety Science of the International Association of Fire Safety Science, held every 4 years http://www.iafss.org
Conference: Human Behaviour in Fires, organized by Interscience Communications http://www.intersciencecomms.co.uk/html/newconference.htm
...Standards and norms
- Fire safety. Vocabulary http://www.afnor.org - NF ISO 13943 - 2008
- Fire safety engineering – General principles http://www.afnor.org - NF ISO 23932 - 2009
- Hazardous fire components. Guidelines for estimating the time available before conditions of tenability are compromised http://www.afnor.org - NF ISO 13571 - 2012
- Fire safety engineering – Fire risk assessment – Part 1: General information http://www.afnor.org...
Regulations
Arrêté du 25 juin 1980 modifié portant approbation des dispositions générales du règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du public.
Decree of December 19, 1975 concerning methods for determining the degree of fire resistance of construction elements (JORF of February 26, 1976).
Arrêté du 22 juillet 1997 modifiant l'arrêté...
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) http://www.iafss.org
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) http://www.sfpe.org
GDR CNRS research group n°...
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