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Welcome to the Fire Protection FP 3080 - Introduction to Building Fire Safety System Design Research Guide! This guide is tailored to the needs of students in the Fire Protection FP 3080 class. This guide contains numerous pages of information and resources on fire-related codes and standards, scholarly journals, books, industry associations, and fire-related documents in the Gordon Library Archives unit.
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a global self-funded nonprofit organization, established in 1896, devoted to eliminating death, injury, property and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards.https://www.nfpa.org/About-NFPA
The NIST Fire Research Division develops, verifies, and utilizes measurements and predictive methods to quantify the behavior of fire and means to reduce the impact of fire on people, property, and the environment.https://www.nist.gov/el/fire-research-division-73300
NIST Fire on the Web is a collection of resources from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory's Fire Research Division at NIST. These Web pages provide links to fire related software, experimental fire data and mpeg/quick time movies of fire tests that can be downloaded and/or viewed with a Web browser. Fire on the Web https://www.nist.gov/el/fire-research-division-73300/product-services/fire-web
Fire Dynamics Tools (FDTs) Quantitative Fire Hazard Analysis Methods for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fire Protection Inspection Program (NUREG-1805, Final Report) https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1805/final/index.html
National Fire Codes (Formerly NFPA Codes Online) This link opens in a new windowElectronic version of the National Fire Code from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). No Username or Password required. Access is determined by your WPI IP Address.
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