MASS FIRE LIFE HAZARD

Abstract

A program was undertaken to define the life hazard in a mass fire environment resulting from nuclear attack. The nature of casualties and hazards in peacetime and wartime fires was reviewed, and experimental efforts to simulate mass fire situations were studied. This state-of-knowledge review revealed a number of areas in need of further definition regarding the true mass fire life hazard. These areas have been specified and limited experimental studies conducted in two of them in order to define their significance with respect to the overall mass fire life hazard.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0642790

Entities

People

  • A. J. Pryor
  • C. H. Yuill

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burns
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Health Services
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Poisoning
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.