Development and case study of a risk assessment model curisk for building fires

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 877-887

  Hadjisophocleous, George ^a   Fu, Zhuman ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Life hazard; Modeling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FIRES; HAZARDS; LOSSES; MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; DECISION MAKING PARAMETERS; EXPECTED RISK TO LIVES; FIRE RISKS; FIRE SAFETY DESIGNS; LIFE HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80455131166     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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