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by Caird C. Ramsay (Author), Lisle L. Rudolph (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Shortlisted in TAFE Vocational Education category in the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing.
The devastation wreaked by bushfires on Australian homes and landscapes is an all too familiar scenario. Yet, why do we often see one house burn, whilst an apparently similar house on an adjacent block can endure? Research has shown that many factors affect the chances of a building surviving a bushfire. If you are designing landscapes and buildings in bushfire areas you need to be aware of these factors so that the chances of losses to life and property can be minimised.
Landscape & Building Design for Bushfire Areas integrates the latest scientific knowledge about buildings and bushfires with a flexible design approach.
The book contains two main sections:
1) Provides a clear description of what happens in a bushfire. It describes the environment in which bushfires occur, how a fire attacks, and how buildings are ignited and destroyed.
2) Sets out a practical design approach to the design of buildings and their immediate surroundings. It presents a range of options for designing the various elements of both landscapes and buildings in bushfire-prone areas.
This book encourages design for bushfire to be included as a normal part of designing in bushfire-prone areas, rather than as an undesirable add-on. It will assist planning and building regulatory authorities to improve and administer regulatory requirements and guidelines.
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Paperback – November 1, 1992
by Patricia Adler (Editor)
Paperback – June 1, 2010
by Kenneth Blonski (Author), Cheryl Miller (Author), Carol L. Rice (Author)
A unique guide to solutions and strategies for managing fire at the urban edge. Offers analytical tools and comprehensive summaries not found in other manuals dealing with fire mitigation. Designed as a reference, Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface provides information on codes and laws and includes case studies, tables, figures, suggested websites, and other source material. Draws on best practices from California, with lessons applicable nationwide.
Equally useful to state, federal and local agency staff and officials, fire agency staff, attorneys, architects, landscape architects, property owners, developers, insurance company managers, and business and community leaders. Topics include: Key federal, state, and local provisions for managing urban wildland interface fires; Completing a fire threat assessment and developing a plan; Implementing the best solutions for your community; Community awareness and ignition prevention; Design solutions for new and existing residential development, roads, utilities, structural design and materials, and landscaping; Emergency service response; Critical challenges, including environmental challenges, vested interests, human behavior, and funding; Managing Fire in the Urban Wildland Interface has been recognized by the major planning associations in California, as winner of the 2011 Education Award from the APA (American Planning Association)-California Northern Section and 2011 Outstanding Environmental Resource Document Award from the 2011 California Chapter of AEP (Association of Environmental Professionals).(2013-02-28) Paperback – January 1, 1776
by Cynthia Fowler (Author)
Paperback – January 1, 1996
by IAFC and WFCA (Author)
Hardcover – January 1, 2003
by J. Randall Ismay (Author)
Book about neighborhoods who work together to reduce their wildfire risks
1st Edition
by Paul R. DeCicco (Author)
"The Behavior of Glass and Other Materials Exposed to Fire - Volume I" has been prepared in response to the general dearth of knowledge concerning the occurrence and effects of "flashover" and back draft phenomena which often results from intentional or unintentional venting of building fires following failure of glass materials due to thermal stress or firefighter operations. The behavior of a number of other materials such as char, plastic insulation, plywood and high-strength concrete are presented, as there is a need to learn more about materials that are already common, or rapidly coming on line in the building industry.
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