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Introduction.

December 1, 2005
Author(s)
Richard D. Peacock, Erica D. Kuligowski

Introduction.

December 1, 2005
Author(s)
Richard D. Peacock, Erica D. Kuligowski

What a User Should Know When Selecting an Evacuation Model.

December 1, 2005
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Steve M. Gwynne
In recent years, evacuation models have been increasingly applied in an attempt to understand the outcome of emergency egress scenarios. This has been due to the increased use of performance-based design and the availability of cost-effective, high

Active Fire Protection Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-4) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
D D. Evans, Erica D. Kuligowski, William S. Dols, William L. Grosshandler
The National Institute of Standards and Technology investigation of active fire protection systems in World Trade Center (WTC) 1, 2, and 7 included the design, installation, capabilities, and performance on September 11,2001, of the automatic fire

Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communication. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-7) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Jason D. Averill, Dennis S. Mileti, Richard D. Peacock, Erica D. Kuligowski, N Groner, Guylene Proulx, Paul A. Reneke, Harold E. Nelson
Multiple sources of information were collected and analyzed: over 1,000 new interviews with survivors (including 803 telephone interviews, 225 face-to-face interviews, and 5 focus groups); over 700 published interviews; 9-1-1 emergency calls; transcripts

A Review of Building Evacuation Models

July 1, 2005
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock
Evacuation calculations are increasingly becoming a part of performance-based analyses to assess the level of life safety provided in buildings. In some cases, engineers are using back-of-the-envelope (hand) calculation to assess life safety, and in others

A Review of Building Evacuation Models

July 1, 2005
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock
Evacuation calculations are increasingly becoming a part of performance-based analyses to assess the level of life safety provided in buildings. In some cases, engineers are using back-of-the-envelope (hand) calculation to assess life safety, and in others

The Basis for Egress Provisions in U.S. Building Codes

July 7, 2004
Author(s)
Richard W. Bukowski, Erica D. Kuligowski
Some of the earliest public safety-from-fire regulations in the US are requirements for egress stairs adopted by New York City in 1860 . One of the first model regulations promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) was the 1927 Building