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Fires in Silos: Hazards, Prevention, and Fire Fighting; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Ignition Sources; 3 Fire Risk Assessment; 4 Explosion Risk and Protection; 5 Fire Detection; 6 Case Studies; 7 Fighting Silo Fires; 8 Necessary Fire Prevention Measures for Silos with Flammable Solid Bulk Materials in Connection with Inerting During a Fire; 9 Predictive Tools for Hazard Assessment of Self-Ignition; Index.

This book covers a wide range of issues in fire safety engineering in tunnels, describes the phenomena related to tunnel fire dynamics, presents state-of-the-art research, and gives detailed solutions to these major issues. Examples for calculations are provided. The aim is to significantly improve the understanding of fire safety engineering in tunnels. Chapters on fuel and ventilation control, combustion products, gas temperatures, heat fluxes, smoke stratification, visibility, tenability, design fire curves, heat release, fire suppression and detection, CFD modeling, and scaling techniques all equip readers to create their own fire safety plans for tunnels. This book should be purchased by any engineer or public official with responsibility for tunnels. It would also be of interest to many fire protection engineers as an application of evolving technical principles of fire safety.

Intro -- HOME FIRE SAFETY: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND ISSUES -- HOME FIRE SAFETY: PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND ISSUES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: BEHAVIORAL MITIGATION OF COOKING FIRES -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Cooking Fires and Injuries: The Size of the Problem -- Findings by Gender and Age -- Findings Related to Leading Factors in Home Cooking Fires and Losses -- Findings on Program Effectiveness -- Cooking Fire and Burn Prevention Behavioral Mitigation Messages -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. COOKING FIRES AND INJURIES: THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM -- Summary Discussion -- Implications for Behavioral Strategies -- 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF COOKS AND PEOPLE INJURED IN COOKING FIRES -- Summary Discussion -- Implications for Behavioral Strategies -- 3. PATTERNS BY TYPE OF COOKING EQUIPMENT -- Grilling and Outdoor Cooking Fires and Fire Safety -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 4. BEHAVIORS AND TYPES OF COOKING ASSOCIATED WITH COOKING FIRES -- Separating Combustibles from Cooking Heat Sources -- Use of Cooking Equipment for Other than Intended Purpose -- Types of Cooking Associated with Cooking Fires -- Alcohol and Other "Human Factors" Associated with Cooking Fires -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 5. CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTING AND FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 6. SMOKE ALARMS AND FIRE DISCOVERY -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- 7. TECHNOLOGY AND COOKING FIRES -- Summary Discussion -- Implications for Behavioral Strategies -- 8. OTHER COOKING, FOOD, AND HOT BEVERAGE BURNS -- Summary Discussion -- Behavioral Strategies -- APPENDIX A: HOW NATIONAL ESTIMATES STATISTICS ARE CALCULATED -- Projecting NFIRS to National Estimates -- APPENDIX B: EXISTING EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES RELATED TO CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTING FOR COOKING FIRES

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Determinants, Mechanisms and Risk Groups -- Chapter 1: Fire-Related Mortality from a Global Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fire-Related Mortality by Demography -- 3 Fire-Related Mortality by Geographic Distribution -- 4 Fire-Related Mortality by Income Distribution -- 5 Changing Historical Trends -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Fire Fatalities and Fatal Fires - Risk Factors and Risk Groups -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Terminology -- 3 Delimitation -- 4 Early Research -- 5 Age and Sex -- 6 Smoking and Alcohol -- 7 Living Alone or Being Home Alone at the Time of the Fire -- 8 Socio-economic Factors -- 9 Race and Ethnicity -- 10 Urban Versus Rural Residence -- 11 Functional Limitations -- 12 Discussion -- 13 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Residential Fire Injury Pyramid -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Residential Fires Not Attended to by Rescue Services -- 3 Non-fatal Fires Attended to by Rescue Services -- 4 Non-fatal Injurious Residential Fires -- 5 Fatal Residential Fires -- 6 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4: Fire-Related Injury Mechanisms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causes of Death in Residential Fires -- 2.1 Inhalation Injury -- Signs of Inhalation Injury -- Clinical Entities of Inhalation Injuries -- Upper Airway Injury (Above Glottis) -- Lower Airway Injury (Below Glottis) -- Inhalation of Toxic Gases -- 2.2 Smoke -- 2.3 Asphyxia -- 2.4 Acute Irritation -- 2.5 Physical Exposure (Heat) -- 2.6 Physical Exposure (Vision) -- 2.7 Long-Term Effects -- 3 Medical and Biological Factors Affecting Mortality -- 3.1 Carbon Monoxide -- 3.2 Carbon Dioxide -- 3.3 Oxygen Depletion -- 3.4 Hydrogen Cyanide -- 3.5 Asphyxiation Synergy -- 3.6 Irritants -- 3.7 Nitrogen Dioxide -- 3.8 Heat Exposure -- 3.9 (Cutaneous) Burns -- 4 On the Scene -- 4.1 Treatment.

This updated and expanded third edition continues the theme of the second edition of providing extensive research findings in all types of electrical fires. This book, which was written by electrical engineers, describes in a practical and easy-to-understand manner the patterns of electrical fires which make it easier to determine where an electrical fire started. Specific topics include: (1) the general background and essential elements of fire initiation; (2) codes and standards, testing laboratories approval, non-electrical fires, arc mapping and V-patterns; (3) disassembly of equipment, na

Intro -- Copyright -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- RIOT ALMOST ERUPTS AT CLB ARMOURY -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Acknowledgements