SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series) - Tapa dura

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The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has over 4,500 members and 120 chapters, including 28 student chapters worldwide.

As leaders in engineering a fire safe world,  SFPEs mission is to define, develop, and advance the use of engineering best practices; expand the scientific and technical knowledge base; and educate the global fire safety community, to reduce fire risk.

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This definitive reference on fire protection engineering, revised and significantly expanded for the Sixth Edition, features both new and substantially updated information. The book provides unparalleled treatment of the current best practices in fire protection engineering and performance-based fire safety. Over 200 eminent fire engineers and researchers contributed chapters to the book, representing universities and professional organizations around the world. It remains the indispensable source for reliable coverage of fire safety engineering fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modelling and more.

• The definitive reference on fire protection engineering for over 35 years;
• An indispensable resource on fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modelling and more;
• Includes content on emerging fire protection hazards and technologies.