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6. Fire Risk Assessment
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... Risk assessment is the latest technology for estimating the impact of both new and existing products on life safety in a fire. The fire risk assessment method of most significance in the United States is one developed by a consortium of investigators and funding entities coordinated by the National Fire Protection Research Foundation.
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... , developed by the Center for Fire Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology. The FAST model uses as input the heat release rate curve from the room of fire origin developed in Step 3.
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... 1990. The National Fire Risk Assessment Research Project: Final Report, National Fire Protection Research Foundation, Quincy, MA.


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