Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: A hotel fire occurred in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture on November 17th 1998. This building fire was one of the widest burning area of building fires in Japan. During this fire, there was high wind velocity at about 7m/sec. At the same time, there was a lot of number of fire brands. We surveyed the distribution of fire brands and spot fires due to this fire by exploration and questionnaire. As a consequence, it was found that through exploration and questionnaire that there is a relation between the distribution of fire brands and the size of fire brands etc.
Source: Fire Science and Technology
DOI: 10.3210/fst.20.27
Authors: Yoshifumi Ohmiya, Tatsuya Iwami
Institution: Building Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1968763485