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Modeling a Backdraft Incident: The 62 Watts Street (NY) Fire
On March 28, 1994, the New York City Fire Department (NYFD) responded to a report of smoke and sparks issuing from a chimney at a three story apartment building in Manhattan. When the door to the first floor apartment was forced open, a large flame issued from the apartment and up the stairway, engulfing three firefighters at the second floor landing. The flame persisted for at least 6 1/2 minutes, resulting in their deaths. The NYFD requested the assistance of NIST to model the incident in the hope of understanding the factors which produced a backdraft condition of such a duration. The CFAST model was able to reproduce the observed conditions and supported a theory of the accumulation of significant quantities of unburned fuel from a vitiated fire in an apartment which had been insulated and sealed for energy efficiency.
Modeling a Backdraft Incident: The 62 Watts Street (NY) Fire
On March 28, 1994, the New York City Fire Department (NYFD) responded to a report of smoke and sparks issuing from a chimney at a three story apartment building in Manhattan. When the door to the first floor apartment was forced open, a large flame issued from the apartment and up the stairway, engulfing three firefighters at the second floor landing. The flame persisted for at least 6 1/2 minutes, resulting in their deaths. The NYFD requested the assistance of NIST to model the incident in the hope of understanding the factors which produced a backdraft condition of such a duration. The CFAST model was able to reproduce the observed conditions and supported a theory of the accumulation of significant quantities of unburned fuel from a vitiated fire in an apartment which had been insulated and sealed for energy efficiency.
Modeling a Backdraft Incident: The 62 Watts Street (NY) Fire
R. W. Bukowski (Autor:in)
1996
4 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Combustion & Ignition , Building Industry Technology , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Fire hazards , Flame propagation , Computerized simulation , Fire fighters , Fire safety , Risk assessment , Mathematical models , Fire research , Fire fighting , Reprints , Backdraft
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