NBSIR 75-736

Fire Research Publications, 1974

Nora H. Jason

Center for Fire Research

Institute for Applied Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

June 1975

Final

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

iMBSIR 75-736

FIRE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, 1974

Nora H. Jason

Center for Fire Research

Institute for Applied Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

June 1975

Final

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Table of Contents

Page

I. Journal Articles 1

II. National Bureau of Standards Publications

A. National Bureau of Standards Technical Notes 2

B. National Bureau of Standards Interagency

Reports 2

C. National Bureau of Standards Special

Publications 3

D. National Bureau of Standards Dimensions 4

E. National Bureau of Standards Standard 5

III. Contract and Grant Reports 5

IV. Author Index 6

iv
I. Journal Articles

Birky, M.M. , Einhorn, I.N., Seader, J.D., Kanakia, M.D. and

Chien, W.P. The Effects of Fire Retardants on the Combustion of Rigid-Urethane Foams. Journal of Fire and

Flammability/Fire Retardant Chemistry, Vol. 1, 31-55,

February 1974.

Bright, R.G. Recent Advances in Residential Smoke Detection.

Fire Journal, Vol. 68, No. 6, 69-77, November 1974.

Buchbinder, L.B. Human Activity Patterns and Injury Severity

in Fire Incidents Involving Apparel. Journal of Fire

and Flammability/Consumer Products Flammability , Vol. 1,

4-18, March 1974.

Denyes, W. and Quintiere, J. Experimental and Analytical

Studies of Floor-Covering Flammability with a Model Corridor. Journal of Fire and Flammability/Consumer Products

Flammability, Vol. 1, 32-109, March 1974.

Harrison, G.A. The High-Rise Fire Problem. CRC Critical

Reviews in Environmental Control, Vol. 4, No. 4, 483-505,

October 1974.

Hartzell, L.G. Development of a Radiant Panel Test for Flooring Materials. Journal of Fire and Flammability/Consumer

Product Flammability, Vol. 1, 305-353, December 1974.

Kashiwagi, T. Experimental Observation of Flame Spread Characteristics Over Selected Carpets. Journal of Fire and

Flammability/Consumer Product Flammability, Vol. 1, 367-

389, December 1974.

Kashiwagi, T. A Radiative Ignition Model of a Solid Fuel.

Combustion, Science and Technology, Vol. 8, 225-236, 1974.

Quintiere, J. Radiative Characteristics of Fire Fighters'

Coat Fabrics. Fire Technology, Vol. 10, No. 2, 153-161,

May 1974

.

Robertson, A.F. Effluent Fire Product - A Crude Approach to

Fire Gas Hazard Assessment. Fire Technology, Vol. 10,

No. 2, 115-127, May 1974.

Robertson, A.F. Two Smoke Test Methods - A Comparison of Data.

Fire Technology, Vol. 10, No. 4, 282-286, November 1974.

Tovey, H. The Development of the National Fire Data System.

Fire Journal, Vol. 68, No. 6, 91-96, November 1974.

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II. National Bureau of Standards Publications

A. National Bureau of Standards Technical Notes

TN 815 Tyrrell, E . A. Fire Accidents Involving the Ignition

of Sleepwear Worn by Children Under the Age of Three.

February 1974. GPO; SD Catalog No. C13. 46:815; $0.60

TN 817 Vickers, A.K. Kitchen Ranges in Fabric Fires. April

1974. GPO; SD Catalog No. C13.46:817; $0.60.

TN 818 Rubin, A.I. Occupant Behavior in Building Fires.

February 1974. GPO; SD Catalog No. C13. 46:818; $0.60

TN 833 Utech, H.P. Fire Department Ground Ladders - Results

of a Preliminary Study. July 1974. GPO; SD Catalog

No. C13. 46:833; $1.20.

TN 836 Custer, R.L.P. Detector Actuated Automatic Sprinkler

Systems - A Preliminary Evaluation. July 1974. GPO;

SD Catalog No. C13. 46:836; $0.65.

TN 839 Custer, R.L.P. and Bright, R.G. Fire Detection:

The State-of-the-Art. June 1974. GPO; SD Catalog

No. C13. 46:839; $1.55.

B. National Bureau of Standards Interagency Reports

NBSIR 74-449 Parker, W.J. Fire Endurance Tests on Walls and

Plumbing Chases Containing Either Metallic or

Nonmetallic Drain Waste and Vent Systems.

Interim Report. November 1973. NTIS Order

No. COM-75-10049; $3.00.

NBSIR 74-455 Krasny, J.F. Abstracts of Papers on Testing

and Analysis of Flammable Fabrics October 1972

to October 1974. March 1974. NTIS Order No.

COM-74-10865; $4.50.

NBSIR 74-456 Lee, T.G. Evaluation of the Fire Performance

of a Dibromotetraf luoroethane - Blown Rigid

Polyurethane Foam. Final Report. April 1974.

NTIS Order No. COM-74-11793 ; $3.25.

NBSIR 74-495 Hartzell, L.G. Development of a Radiant Panel

Test for Flooring Materials. Final Report.

May 1974. NTIS Order No. COM-74-11575 ; $7.00.

NBSIR 74-511 Jason, N.H. Fire Research Publications, 1973.

Final Report. June 1974. NTIS Order No. COM74-11448; $4.00.

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Houser, J.L. Development of a Bench Test for

Type X Core Gypsum Board. Final Report.

December 1974. NTIS Order No. COM-75-10040

;

$3.75.

Bukowski, R.W. and Bright, R.G. Some Problems Noted in the Use of Taguchi Semiconductor Sensors as Residential Fire/Smoke

Detectors. December 1974. NTIS Order No.

COM-75-10101; $3.25.

C. National Bureau of Standards Special Publications

SP-411 Butler, M.J. and Slater, J. A. , Eds., Fire Safety

Research. Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the

National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg , Md.

,

August 22, 1973. November 1974. GPO; SD Catalog

No. C13. 10:411; $3.10.

Individual papers listed below:

Birky, M.M. , Einhorn, I.N., Grunnett, M.L.,

Packham, S.C., Petajan, J.H. and Seader , J.D.

Physiological and Toxicological Effects of the

Products of Thermal Decomposition from Polymeric Materials, In: Fire Safety Research,

105-124.

Brannigan, F.L. A Field Study of Non FireResistive Multiple Dwelling Fires. In: Fire

Safety Research, 178-194.

Braun, E. , Winger, J.H. and Slater, J. A.

Development of the Standards for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear. In: Fire

Safety Research, 5-15.

Buchbinder, B. and Vickers, A.K. A Comparison

Between Potential Hazard Reduction from Fabric

Flammability Standards, Ignition Source

Improvement and Public Education. In: Fire

Safety Research, 1-4.

Fang, J.B. and Gross, D. Contribution of

Interior Finish Materials to Fire Growth in

a Room. In: Fire Safety Research, 125-138.

Hastie, J.W. Chemical Aspects of Flame Inhibition. In: Fire Safety Research, 30-36.

NBSIR 74-588

NBSIR 74-591

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Issen, L.A. An Analytic Model for Calculating the Fire Resistance of Simply Supported

Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Beams.

In: Fire Safety Research, 154-164.

Kashiwagi, T. Flame Spread Over a Porous

Surface Under an External Radiation Field.

In: Fire Safety Research, 97-104.

Parker, W.J. and Lee, B.T. Fire Build-up in

Reduced Size Enclosures. In: Fire Safety

Research, 139-153.

King, T.Y. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Generation from Burning Selected Plastics and Red

Oak. In: Fire Safety Research, 165-177.

Quintiere, J. and Huggett, C. An Evaluation

of Flame Spread Test Methods for Floor Covering Materials. In: Fire Safety Research,

59-89.

Rockett, J. A. Mathematical Modeling of Radiant

Panel Test Methods. In: Fire Safety Research,

90-96.

Saunders, P.B. and Ku, R. Sequencing the

Purchase and Retirement of Fire Engines. In:

Fire Safety Research, 201-214.

Sinnott, G. The Current Status of Fire Detection. In: Fire Safety Research, 195-200.

D. National Bureau of Standards Dimension

Flammability : A New Look at an Age-Old Problem. NBS Dimensions, Vol. 58, No. 6, 130-131, June 1974. GPO; SD

Catalog No. C13. 13:58/6; $0.65.

A Look at Fire Research by J.W. Lyons. NBS Dimensions,

Vol. 58, No. 6, 125-126, June 1974. GPO; SD Catalog

No. C13. 13:58/6; $0.65.

NBS Research Goes Back More Than 70 Years. NBS Dimensions,

Vol. 58, No. 6, 127-129, June 1974. GPO; SD Catalog

No. C13. 13:58/6; $0.65.

NBS Test Method Adopted as Tentative Standard by NFPA. NBS

Dimensions, Vol. 58, No. 9, 212-213, September 1974.

GPO; SD Catalog No. C13. 13:58/9; $0.65.

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NBS Urges Charcoal Grill Safety. NBS Dimensions, Vol. 58,

No. 7, 161, July 1974. GPO; SD Catalog No. C13. 13:58/7;

$0.65.

New Fire Research Building. NBS Dimensions, Vol. 58, No. 6,

123-124, June 1974. GPO; SD Catalog No. C13.13:58/6;

$0.65.

Nursing Homes . . . and a Fire Connection. NBS Dimensions,

Vol. 58, No. 4, 87, April 1974. GPO; SD Catalog No.

C13. 13:58/4; $0.65.

E. National Bureau of Standards Standard

Is Sleepwear Safe? NBS Standard, Vol. 19, No. 22, 3,

October 23, 1974.

III. Contract and Grant Reports

Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.

Ryabov, I.V., Baratov, A.N. and Petrov, I.I., Eds.,

Problems in Combustion and Extinguishment; Collection

of Articles. Translated from Russian. Ail-Union

Scientific Research and Experimental Construction,

Institute of Fire Prevention Service, MOOP of the

USSR. Published by the Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt.

Ltd., New Delhi for the National Bureau of Standards,

U.S. Department of Commerce, and the National Science

Foundation, Washington, D.C. 1974. NTIS Order No.

TT 71-58001; $7.50.

Factory Mutual Research Corporation

Markstein, G.H. and deRis, J. Dynamics of Textile Fires.

Final Report. FMRC Serial No. 2-588-1. NBS Contract

2-36011. March 1974. NBS-GCR-75-34 . NTIS Order No.

COM-75-10128; $4.25.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Backer, S., Tesoro, G.C. , Toong, T.Y. and Moussa, N.A.

Textile Fabric Flammability ; a Report on Research

Programs Sponsored by the Government Industry Research

Committee on Flammable Fabrics (GIRCFF) and the Office

of Flammable Fabrics, National Bureau of Standards,

Washington, D.C, June 1974. GIRCFF.

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IV. Author Index

B

Backer , S . , 5

Baratov, A.N. , 5

Birky, M.M. ,1,3

Brannigan, F.L., 3

Braun, E . , 3

Bright, R.G. , 1, 2 , 3

Buchbinder, B. , 3

Buchbinder, L.B., 1

Bukowski, R.W. , 3

Butler , M. J. , 3

C

Chien, W.P. , 1

Custer, R.L.P. , 2

D

Denyes, W. , 1

deRis, J. , 5

E

Einhorn, I.N., 1, 3

F

Fang, J.B. , 3

G

Gross , D. , 3

Grunnett, M.L., 3

H

Harrison, G.A. , 1

Hartzell, L.G. ,1,2

Hastie, J.W. , 3

Houser , J. L. , 3

Huggett, C. , 4

6

I

Issen, L.A. , 4

J

Jason, N.H. , 2

K

Kanakia, M.D. , 1

Kashiwagi, T. , 1, 4

King, T.Y. , 4

Krasny , J.F . , 2

Ku, R. , 4

L

Lee , T.G. , 2 , 4

Lyons , J.W. , 4

Markstein, G.H., 5

Moussa, N.A. , 5

P

Packham, S . C . , 3

Parker, W. J. , 2 , 4

Petajan, J.H. , 3

Petrov, I . I . , 5

Q

Quintiere, J., 1, 4

R

Robertson,. A. F. , 1

Rockett, J. A. , 4

Rubin , A. I ., 2

Ryabov, I . V. , 5
s V

Saunders , P . B . , 4

Seader , J. D . , 1 , 3

Sinnott, G. , 4

Slater , J. A. , 3

T

Tesoro, G.C. , 5

Toong, T. Y. , 5

Tovey, H. , 1

Tyrrell, E.A. , 2

Vickers, A.K., 2, 3

U

Utech, H.P. , 2

W

Winger , J . H . , 3

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"Fire Research Publications, 1974" is a supplement to the

previous editions which covered the years 1969-1972 (NBSIR 73-246)

and 1973 (NBSIR 74-511) . Only publications prepared by the

members of the Center for Fire Research (CFR) , by National

Bureau of Standards (NBS) personnel under contract or grant

to the CFR, or by NBS personnel or external laboratories

under contract or grant from the CFR are cited. Articles

published in NBS house organs also are cited.

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spread test; flammable fabrics; protective clothing; building fires.

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