Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series (SFPES)
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Keywords
- Best practices
- Configuration factors
- Conversion factors
- Fire alarms
- Fire dynamics
- Fire load density
- Fire protection engineering
- Fire risk analysis
- Fuel properties and combustion data
- Hazard calculation
- Human behavior in fire
- Modeling
- Performance-based fire safety
- Piping properties
- Sprinklers
- System selection and design
- Thermophysical property data
- Vehicular tunnels
- Wildland fires
About this book
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.
About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering
Series Title: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59211-9Due: 17 December 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59214-0Due: 17 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-59212-6Due: 17 December 2024
Series ISSN: 2731-3638
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3646
Edition Number: 6
Number of Illustrations: 1000 b/w illustrations, 1000 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: 4th edition published by National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA, USA, 2008. 5th Edition copyright SFPE, 2015.