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SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (6th Ed., 6th ed. 2025)
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Language: EnglishSubjects for SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering:
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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
4852 p. · 21x27.9 cm · Hardback
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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 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.