Fire aspects of civil defense
Series: Technical report - Office of Civil Defense -- TR-25.; United States. Office of Civil Defense -- TR-25.
Publisher: Office of Civil Defense
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Civil defense; Fire risk assessment; Nuclear explosions
Description: This report describes the general dimensions of the fire threat resulting from nuclear attack, particularly as a result of ignition of thin materials by the thermal (heat) flash.

In planning a fire defense program against the threat of nuclear attack, the reduction of fire vulnerability by removing or covering ignitable materials and by reducing the concentration of combustibles in cities is equally important as the development of a capability to control and extinguish fires.
Notes: Cover title.

"July 1968"

"Supersedes TR-25, dated July 1964."

At head of title : TR-25, July, 1968.

Bibliographical references. pp.7-8.
Table of contents: title: Preface. pp. iii.; title: Summary. pp. iv.; title: Introduction. pp. 1.; title: Ignition thresholds. pp. 1.; title: Ignition points and fire growth. pp. 1.; title: Atmospheric attenuation. pp. 2.; title: Climate and weather. pp. 3.; title: Fire effects of air blast. pp. 3.; title: Mass fire development. pp. 4.; title: Life safety in fire areas. pp. 4.; title: Fire countermeasures. pp. 6.; title: References. pp. 7.