Digital Preservation of the FRS/BRE Fire Research Archives
The BRE Fire Research Archive is a treasure trove of research conducted in the pioneering days of fire safety science. The collection presented here contains a selection of out-of-print or hard to find materials digitised from the archive by the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. As new material is digitised and made available it will be added to the collection. The intention of this digitisation project is to create an asset available to the entire fire community.
Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.
Recent Submissions
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Standard Room Fire Test Research at the National Bureau of Standards
(U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987-06)Research results with the proposed ASTM standard room fire test for interior finish materials are presented. The materials selected for the study were two untreated plywoods, a fire-retarded plywood, polystyrene foam, ... -
Fire precautions in town centre redevelopment
(Hobbs the Printers Ltd. Southampton, 1972)This code of guidance has been prepared by a Home Office working party in consultation with the Joint Fire Prevention Committee of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Councils for England and Wales and for Scotland. -
World War II Fire Safety Propaganda Posters
(National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 1943)This document contains scanned copies of seven different World War II fire safety propaganda posters currently kept at the FRS/BRE Fire Research Archives at The University of Edinburgh. These posters were design and first ... -
Flammability of Christmas Trees
(1963)The flammability of conifers used as Christmas trees depends mainly on the foliar moisture content and also on the crown density. Trees allowed to dry can be ignited with matches when the moisture content falls to about ... -
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres, Part 4: Method of test for ignition temperature
(International Electrotechnical Commission, 1966)This Recommendation was prepared by IEC Technical Committee No. 31 , Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres. It forms one of a series of publications dealing with electrical apparatus for use in explosive gas ... -
Code of Practice Safety of Load on Vehicles
(Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1972)The object of the Code is to provide operators, drivers and loading staff with guidance as to the basic safety principles that must be followed generally, and as to some particular precautions that can be taken to ensure ... -
Safety in Mine Research Establishment
(Department of Trade and Industry, 1971-11)Analysis of a statistical data shows that, on an average, about 50% of the total underground emergencies occurring in coal mines in the USSR are due to fires. Great attention is, therefore, paid in our country to the problem ... -
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres, Part 3: Spark test apparatus for intrinsically-safe circuits
(International Electrotechnical Commission, 1972)This Recommendation has been prepared by Sub-Committee 31G, Intrinsically-safe Apparatus. of IEC Technical Committee No. 31, Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres, and supersedes the first edition of Publication ... -
Fire-Detection Thermostats
(Underwriters' Laboratories, 1970-06-19)These requirements cover fire-detection thermostats to be employed in ordinary indoor locations in accordance with the following Standards of the National Fire Protection Association: NFPA No. 71 Central Station Protective ... -
Testing for Public Safety
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Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres, Part 2: Pressurized enclosures
(International Electrotechnical Commission, 1962)This recommendation covers the requirements for enclosures for electrical machines and apparatus in which the entry of flammable gases or vapours is prevented by maintaining the air (or ,other nonflammable gas) within the ... -
Fire Performance of Plastics
(Rubber and Plastics Research Association of Great Britain, 1972)This review swnmaries tests which have been used to define the fire performance of combustible materials including plastics. Many of the small scale tests are intended to classify the characteristics of materials in the ... -
Design Considerations for Fire Safety
(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, 1971-01-28)Papers presented at the Symposium on Design Considerations for Fire Safety at the Semiannual Meeting of The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers -
First supplement to Publication 79·4 (1966)
(International Electrotechnical Commission, 1970)This Publication has been prepared by IEC Technical Committee No. 31, Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres. It forms the first Supplement to IEC Publication 79-4 and gives a list of ignition temperatures determined ... -
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres, Part 0: General introduction
(International Electrotechnical Commision, 1971)This Recommendation has been prepared by IEC Technical Committee No. 31, Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres; It forms one of a series of publications dealing with electrical apparatus for use in explosive gas ... -
Intrinsically Safe Electrical Circuit And Equipment For Use in Hazardous Locations
(Underwriters' Laboratories, 1971-11-30)This Standard represents the judgement of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., as to the basic requirements for the construction and performance of the products to be listed under this category. These requirements are based ... -
Electric Motors and Generators for Use in Hazardous Locations, Class II, Groups E, F and G
(Underwriters' Laboratories, 1972-04)This Standard represents the judgment of Undenvriters' Laboratories, Inc., as to the basic requirements for the construction and performance of the products to be Listed under this category. These requirements are based ... -
Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres, Part 10: Classification of hazardous areas
(International Electrotechnical Commission, 1972)This Report has been prepared by IEC Technical Committee No. 31, Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres. It forms one of a series of publications dealing with electrical apparatus for use in explosive gas atmospheres. ... -
Management strategy for fire
(Fire Protection Association, 1972)This publication describes how fire protection thinking should be applied to a total business, rather than just to the safeguarding of building and contents. The subject is approached from the standpoint of being self-insured. ... -
The Coal and Other Mines (Mechanics and Electricians) Regulations 1965
(Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965)STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1965 No. 1559 MINES AND QUARRIES The Coal and Other Mines (Mechanics and Electricians) Regulations 1965
