Fire-safety engineering and performance-based codes

Introduction - Historical presentation on the subject of fire - Legislation and building project administration - European fire standardization - Passive and active fire protection - Performance-based Codes Fire-safety Engineering - Fundamental thermodynamics - Heat exchange during the fire process - Burning rate, energy release rate and design fires - Material ignition and flame spread - Fire dynamics in buildings - Combustion products and toxic gases - Smoke inhalation and respiratory physiology - Combustion and natural fires - Fire Chemistry - Fire Extinction Chemistry and Physics - Evacuation and human behaviour during a fire - Sensitivity and risk analysis - Fire Models - Emission and Radiation Theory