Post-earthquake fire spread between buildings estimating and costing extent in Wellington

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 691-702

  Thomas, G C ^a   Cousins, W J ^b   Lloydd, D A ^a   Heron, D W ^b   Mazzoni, S ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Expected losses; GIS models; Post earthquake fire; Urban fire spread

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SEPARATION; BUILDING STOCKS; FIRE SPREAD; HISTORICAL DATA; LOWER BOUNDS; REAL TIME; SINGLE IGNITION; STATIC METHOD; UPPER BOUND; URBAN FIRE;

BUILDINGS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEPARATION;

FIRES;

EID: 80455140019     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.7-691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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