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Fire Protection Engineering - The Official Magazine of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers
 
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FPE 3rd Quarter 2008
Articles:
Property insurance companies are exposed to major losses in the form of fire, business interruption, boiler machinery breakdown, natural catastrophe and terrorist attacks. Read More > In the aftermath of September 11, and again in each of the military barracks and embassy bombings, and school, college and mall shooting incidents, it has become clear to both the general public and the engineering community that emergency communications must be provided on a much grander scale. Read More > One can't pick up a newspaper or tune into a television news broadcast without reading or hearing a story about a fire, flood,tornado, act of violence or other "disaster." Read More > SFPE, through the diligence of its members, has produced many guides in the last decade and is currently in the process of developing two structural fire engineering standards. Read More > As fire detection and alarm systems morph into more complex fire and disaster management tools" Emergency Communication Systems1,2 (ECS) " their ability to survive a specific threat or for some specified period of exposure can be critical to mission success. Read More >
Departments:
Japan is joining many countries in requiring engineers to be authorized by the government in order to design buildings. Read More > The tragedy of September 11, 2001, raised the awareness of the entire engineering community of both the strengths and weaknesses of current fire protection engineering codes, standards and design practices. Read More > Releases of New Topical Fire Reports Read More > In the parallel pipe network A-B shown below, what fraction of the flow would travel through the 200 mm diameter pipe? Neglect pipe fittings such as tees and elbows. Read More > Read More >
Case Studies:
SimplexGrinnell is taking a step forward in fire alarm system commissioning with the introduction of two new products - a diagnostic instrument that can provide early identification of potential problems and a software advancement to make required system inspection simpler and more accurate. Read More > E3 Series® Fire System Ideal for Historical Government Building Read More >
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