From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Fri Aug  3 14:37:42 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:37:42 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  SFPE 2007 Membership Survey
References: <B0737D3BB43AD744A076EFD7472A3E380551AC5B@s-fexc01.global.arup.com>
Message-ID: <46B33DB6.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>


>>> Armin Wolski <Armin.Wolski at arup.com> 3/08/2007 5:30 am >>>
An important forward.

Society of Fire Protection Engineers

2007 Membership Survey is Closing

First, thank you to everyone who has participated in the 2007
Membership
Survey. Unfortunately, the response from the membership has been
minimal
for statistical purposes. This is the last chance to contribute!  Two
hundred (200) more participants are needed by next week when the
survey
ends.  Every member should participate, it only takes 10 minutes.  The
results will only be as good as the data collected.  So please take
the
survey now, thank you!

Click here
<http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB226HSBHHMPR>
to participate in the survey.

Dave Evans
SFPE Executive Director







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From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Wed Aug  8 05:39:48 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:39:48 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  PhD Scholarships at Edinburgh
Message-ID: <46B95724.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

 
> The BRE Centre for Fire Engineering at the University of Edinburgh
> invites applications for PhD Scholarships available to UK and other
> European Union engineers.
> 
> The tuition fees are paid, and the postgraduate will receive a
> maintenance grant of *15,000 per annum (tax free). The research work is
> expected to be finished in 3 years. Applicants should be motivated
> individuals and hold a degree in an engineering related discipline.
> Starting dates are flexible.
> 
> Some PhD topics available for 2007 are:
> 
> * Tunnel fires (computational and experimental)
> * Fire Modelling
> * Underground fires (computational and experimental)
> * Dynamics of wildfires (experimental)
> * Ignition and burning of solid fuels (experimental)
> * Large-scale fire experiments
> * Design Fires in Structural Engineering (computational)
> * Concrete Spalling / Reactive Porous media (computational)
> 
> Applicants should send Dr Guillermo Rein (G.Rein at ed.ac.uk), the CV and a
> letter explaining the interest in the project and include the names and
> email addresses of two references that could support their case.
> 
> More info at: http://www.civ.ed.ac.uk/research/fire 
> 
> Cheers
> G.

Guillermo Rein 
<G.Rein at ed.ac.uk>
BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering
The University of Edinburgh, UK
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein 
+44 (0) 131 650 7214
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From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Wed Aug  8 17:37:22 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:37:22 +1000
Subject: SFPE> 2007 International Symposium on Elevator Evacuation	during
 High-rise Fires
Message-ID: <46B9FF52.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> Yun Yang <yunyang at ustc.edu> 8/08/2007 4:43 pm >>>
Dear Colleagues

In order to enlarge international academic exchanges on elevator
evacuation during High-rise fires and promote the study and development
on this and related cross fields, 2007 International Symposium on
Elevator Evacuation during High-rise Fires will be held in November 2-3,
2007 in Shanghai China.
Welcome to leave your messages in our website http://www.isee-sh.org
and we will reply to you ASAP!

Yun Yang 
<yunyang at ustc.edu>
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From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Thu Aug  9 06:12:22 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:12:22 +1000
Subject: SFPE>   Interflam 2007 conference 3-5 September: 4 weeks to go!
Message-ID: <46BAB046.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

4 weeks to go until Interflam 2007 ....
It is just 4 weeks to go until the 11th international Interflam
conference on fire science and engineering.   Over 170 oral papers and
posters will be presented over the 3 days, in addition to the Computer
Modelling Demonstrations and Exhibition Stands.  The venue is Royal
Holloway College, University of London which is a parkland campus close
to historical city of Windsor and just 20 minutes from Heathrow Airport,
40 minutes from the Eurostar Terminal and 5 minutes from the M25
motorway.
Registration places are still available as is accommodation at the
University. Full progamme and details as well as on-line registration
are available from our website.
http://www.intercomm.dial.pipex.com/html/events/interflam07a.htm 

If you have not yet registered we hope you will do so soon and join us
and other colleagues here in London next month.
Regards, Carole Franks
Conference Director, Interscience Communictions Ltd
<interflam at dial.pipex.com>

PS. Please note that Vyto Babrauskas will be running a 2-day Short
Course on the Principles of Electric Fires immediately following
Interflam at the same venue.
http://www.intercomm.dial.pipex.com/html/events/interflam07b1.htm 

From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Thu Aug  9 06:31:36 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:31:36 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  Fire modelling round-robin studies
References: <46B9A9FD.8080108@ed.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <46BAB4C8.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> Guillermo Rein <G.Rein at ed.ac.uk> 8/08/2007 9:33 pm >>>
Dear all,

I would like to ask you for information on papers related to round-robin
type of studies of fire modelling.

In addition to our own paper [1], so far I have only found these two.

- T. Hakkarainen, O. Keski-Rahkonen & Liisa Lindberg, *CIB W14 Round
Robin of Code Assessment: Design Report of Scenario C*, VTT Technical
Research Centre of Finland. And: S. Hostikka and O. Keski-Rahkonen,
*Results of CIB W14 Round Robin for Code Assessment Scenario B*. Draft
31/08/98, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

- NUREG-1824, Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for
Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Volume 7: Fire Dynamics Simulator
(FDS), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research (RES), Rockville, MD, 2007, and Electric Power Research
Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, NUREG-1824 and EPRI 1011999.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
G.

[1] Rein et al , "Round-Robin Study of Fire Modelling Blind-Predictions 
using the Dalmarnock Fire Experiments*, 5th International Seminar on 
Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, April 2007.


-- 
Guillermo Rein
<G.Rein at ed.ac.uk>
BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering
The University of Edinburgh, UK
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein 
+44 (0) 131 650 7214
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From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Thu Aug  9 17:36:18 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:36:18 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  Obituary for Brady Williamson
References: <53838423.20070808175450@doctorfire.com>
Message-ID: <46BB5092.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> "Vyto Babrauskas, Ph.D." <vytob at doctorfire.com> 9/08/2007 10:54 am
>>>
Below is an obituary that I and Joe Zicherman were asked by the editor
of Fire & Materials journal to prepare. 

Another Berkeley grad has broached to me the possibility that someone
should organize a symposium to commemorate Brady's work. Let's hear from
IAFSS members if there would be such an interest and if there would be
someone willing to organize it.

Best regards,
Vytenis (Vyto) Babrauskas, Ph.D.
Fire Science and Technology Inc.
9000 - 300th Place SE, Issaquah WA 98027, USA
Ph: 425.222.9499  Fax: 425.222.9477
Web: http://www.doctorfire.com
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From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Sun Aug 12 08:32:25 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:32:25 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  Re: Fire modelling round-robin studies
References: <46B9A9FD.8080108@ed.ac.uk>
	<20070811183035.5B6711809CD@relay02.roch.ny.frontiernet.net>
Message-ID: <46BEC599.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> "Dr. Monideep Dey" <deytec at frontiernet.net> 12/08/2007 4:30 am >>>
Dear Guillermo Rein:

There was a series of round robin (benchmark) exercises conducted as
part of
an International Collaborative Fire Model Project (ICFMP) from 1999 to
2007.
There were five (5) benchmark exercises in total.  The references for
the
reports for the five exercises are provided below:

List of ICFMP Reports

1.	Dey, M., Ed., "Evaluation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power
Plant
Applications: Cable Tray Fires - International Panel Report," U.S.
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, NUREG-1758, Washington DC, USA, June 2002; also
National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 6872,
Gaithersburg,
Maryland, USA, June 2002.

2.	Miles, S., Ed.,"International Collaborative Project to Evaluate
Fire
Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications: International Panel Report
for
Benchmark Exercise # 2 - Pool Fires in Large Halls," Building Research
Establishment, Client Report No. 212214, Watford, UK, May 2004.

3.	McGrattan, K. Ed), "Evaluation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power
Plant Applications: Benchmark Exercise # 3 - International Panel
Report,"
National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 7338,
Gaithersburg,
Maryland, USA, January 2007 [some analyses conducted for this
benchmark
exercise will be independently published in the near future].

4.	Klein-Hessling, W., (Ed), "Evaluation of Fire Models for
Nuclear
Power Plant Applications: Benchmark Exercise No. 4: Fuel Pool Fire
Inside a
Compartment - International Panel Report,"Gesellschaft fur Anlagenund
Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, GRS-213, Cologne, Germany, November 2006.

5.	Riese, O. (Ed), "Evaluation of Fire Models for Nuclear Power
Plant
Applications: Benchmark Exercise No. 5: Flame Spread in Cable Tray
Fires -
International Panel Report,"Gesellschaft fur Anlagenund
Reaktorsicherheit
(GRS) mbH, GRS-214, Cologne, Germany, November 2006.

You will find some other publications on proceedings of meetings for
the
project referenced in the above reports.  Also, GRS is preparing a
Summary
Report for the five exercises which should be published in the near
future.

Please let me know if you need any more details, or if I can be of
further
assistance to your effort.

Dr. Monideep K. Dey
Deytec Consulting Services

27 Reymann Drive
Yellow Spring, West Virginia, 26865
USA

(304) 874-4360
deytec at frontiernet.net 


-----Original Message-----
From: iafss-bounces at newcastle.edu.au
[mailto:iafss-bounces at newcastle.edu.au] 
On Behalf Of Guillermo Rein
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:33 AM
To: iafss at newcastle.edu.au 
Subject: IAFSS> Fire modelling round-robin studies

Dear all,

I would like to ask you for information on papers related to
round-robin
type of studies of fire modelling.

In addition to our own paper [1], so far I have only found these two.

- T. Hakkarainen, O. Keski-Rahkonen & Liisa Lindberg, "CIB W14 Round
Robin of Code Assessment: Design Report of Scenario C", VTT Technical
Research Centre of Finland. And: S. Hostikka and O. Keski-Rahkonen,
"Results of CIB W14 Round Robin for Code Assessment Scenario B". Draft
31/08/98, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

- NUREG-1824, Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for
Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Volume 7: Fire Dynamics Simulator
(FDS), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory
Research (RES), Rockville, MD, 2007, and Electric Power Research
Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, NUREG-1824 and EPRI 1011999.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
G.

[1] Rein et al , "Round-Robin Study of Fire Modelling Blind-Predictions

using the Dalmarnock Fire Experiments", 5th International Seminar on 
Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, April 2007.


-- 
BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering
The University of Edinburgh, UK
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein 
+44 (0) 131 650 7214
-





From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Mon Aug 13 03:26:11 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:26:11 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  SUPDET 2008 call for papers
Message-ID: <46BFCF53.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

Call for Papers
Suppression and Detection Research and Applications - 
A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2008)
March 11-13, 2008
International Plaza Resort and Spa, Orlando, FL

In 2007, the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) and the Halon Options Technical Working Conference (HOTWC) joined forces to present Fire Suppression and Detection Research and Applications - A Technical Working Conference.  SUPDET 2008 will continue to build on the merged content and technical expertise from prior conferences.

Papers are sought on new developments in fire suppression and detection:

*	Research Projects and Testing in Progress
*	New Fire Suppressant Chemicals
*	New Fire Detection Principles
*	New Fire Control Strategies and Systems
*	Case Studies, e.g., 
o	Impact of new technologies
o	Applications to industrial, commercial, residential, or special occupancies
o	Applications to military platforms
*	Environmental and Safety Aspects
*	Performance Measurement for Specifications, Design, and Codes
*	System Reliability
*	Fire Detection, Suppression, and the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
*	New Research Opportunities; Where from Here?

Interested presenters are asked to submit a one page abstract by e-mail no later than October 15, 2007 to epeterson at nfpa.org.  Submitted abstracts must include the full title, and name(s), affiliation(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es) of  the author(s), with the presenter identified (underlined).  Format your abstract for 8 *" x 11" paper, single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman (or equivalent) text with 1" text margins, using Microsoft Word 2000 or later.  

Papers will be reviewed by an international program committee.  If selected, presenters will be required to submit a short paper (6 - 12 pages) or full paper for publication in the pre-proceedings, no later than February 1, 2008.  A special edition of NFPA*s peer reviewed journal Fire Technology will feature papers from the symposium.

Kathleen H. Almand, P.E.
Executive Director,
The Fire Protection Research Foundation
1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169
617-984-7282
kalmand at nfpa.org 
 


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From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Tue Aug 14 07:13:03 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:13:03 +1000
Subject: SFPE>  Exterior Egress Applications
References: <2BD2E360131CA5469A42B954E906931F0512CF4A@mail21.sli.bz>
Message-ID: <46C155FF.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> "Brooks, Bill" <Bill.Brooks at snclavalin.com> 14/08/2007 4:04 am >>>
What is the proper method for evaluating egress from outdoor areas?

For interior egress applications I am assuming a roof or ceiling is
present
to capture the smoke, causing loss of visibility and exposure to
products of
combustion.  However, for exterior applications there is no comparable
effect.  For example, for an exterior assembly use such as an art fair
with
food booths and sales areas, should common paths of travel and total
travel
distances be similar to indoor distances.  What about dead-ends?  What
about
exit widths per person?  Should the sprinklered distances be the
guide?

I'm not referring to exterior ways of exit access (NFPA 101-2006,
Section
7.5.3) or panic effects due to crowd stampede.

William N. Brooks, P.E.
Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc.
Severna Park, MD
Bill.Brooks at snclavalin.com

From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Wed Aug 15 10:44:40 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:44:40 +1000
Subject: SFPE>   Re: Exterior Egress Applications
Message-ID: <46C2D918.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> "M.C. Hui" <mchui at net-yan.com> 15/08/2007 9:57 am >>>
Assuming that apart from the booths and sales areas which may have 
covers, the aisles between rows of booths are open to the sky, then 
the codes and regulations for indoor premises do not quite apply 
because the smoke does not accumulate in the escape passages (aisles) 
but rises to the sky. One method of evaluation could be from first 
principles using the "ASET > RSET with reasonable safety margin" 
acceptance criterion.

The first step on estimating the ASET(s) would be to determine how a 
fire could start in a booth or sales area, how the fire could then 
spread to adjacent booths or areas (and when) and what would be the 
HRR of the fire with respect to time, whether the thermal radiation 
could cause the fire to 'jump' to ignite the opposite row of booths 
etc. This could establish one fire scenario. How and which booth is 
assumed to be ignited first (and different materials/activities in 
the booth) may result in different fire scenarios. The designer 
should then determine if all these possible fire scenarios could be 
represented by a single worst credible case fire scenario or by 
several representative 'critical' fire scenarios.

The next step on estimating the RSET(s) would be to see how 
"occupants" could evacuate from the venue (both temporally and 
spatially), considering how and when they may become aware of the 
fire incident, whether there are means to direct them to the 
'correct' escape directions, whether there are staff assistance, lack 
of familiarity of occupants to the aisle arrangement (outdoor fair 
arrangement could be different each time as there are very few 
"rules" for it, unlike buildings that are heavily regulated), 
variations of age, gender and mobilities amongst occupants, as well 
as reduction of travel speed due to high population density (when the 
aisles or exits are not wide enough, the event is very popular, or 
there are significant dead ends etc.). Different fire start location, 
different booth arrangement, and different assumed 
demographic/mobility distribution of occupants may result in very 
different RSET's.

Regards,
M.C. Hui
Fire Safety Engineer
<mchui at net-yan.com>

At 05:13 14/8/2007, you wrote:
> >>> "Brooks, Bill" <Bill.Brooks at snclavalin.com> 14/08/2007 4:04 am
>>>
>What is the proper method for evaluating egress from outdoor areas?
>
>For interior egress applications I am assuming a roof or ceiling is
>present
>to capture the smoke, causing loss of visibility and exposure to
>products of
>combustion.  However, for exterior applications there is no
comparable
>effect.  For example, for an exterior assembly use such as an art
fair
>with
>food booths and sales areas, should common paths of travel and total
>travel
>distances be similar to indoor distances.  What about dead-ends? 
What
>about
>exit widths per person?  Should the sprinklered distances be the
>guide?
>
>I'm not referring to exterior ways of exit access (NFPA 101-2006,
>Section
>7.5.3) or panic effects due to crowd stampede.
>
>William N. Brooks, P.E.
>Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc.
>Severna Park, MD
>Bill.Brooks at snclavalin.com 



From bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au  Sat Aug 25 08:29:37 2007
From: bogdan.dlugogorski at newcastle.edu.au (Bogdan Dlugogorski)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:29:37 +1000
Subject: SFPE> =?iso-8859-15?q?_Professorial_Position_at_Li=E8ge_Universit?=
 =?iso-8859-15?q?y_=28Belgium=29?=
Message-ID: <46CFE871.5D49.0032.0@newcastle.edu.au>

>>> Jaspart Jean-Pierre <Jean-Pierre.Jaspart at ulg.ac.be> 24/08/2007 8:37 pm >>>
Dear Subscribers

A position of a professor is now being opened at Li?ge University (Belgium)
in the field of Fire Engineering. Info about this position is provided in
the two attached files (French and English versions).

The applicants should send their candidature by the end of September at
the latest.

With my best regards,

Jean-Pierre Jaspart
Professor
Jean-Pierre.Jaspart at ulg.ac.be

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