Fire risk assessment for telecommunications central offices

Fire Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-176

  Parks, Lyman L ^a   Kushler, Brian D ^a   Serapiglia, Michael J ^b   McKenna Jr , Lawrence A ^c   Budnick, Edward K ^c   Watts Jr , John M ^d  

^a TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

^d Fire Safety Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0002027052     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015329519575     Document Type: Article

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