SFPE Engineering Guide on Fire Exposures to Structural Elements

May 2004
The SFPE Task Group on Fire Exposures to Structural Elements
Chairman
James G. Quintiere, Ph.D., FSFPE
University of Maryland
Members
Farid Alfawakhiri, Ph.D.
American Institute of Steel Construction
Andrew Buchanan, Ph.D.
University of Canterbury
Vytenis Babrauskas, Ph.D.
Fire Science & Technology Inc.
Jonathan Barnett, Ph.D., FSFPE
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Thomas Izbicki, P.E.
Dallas Fire Department
Stephen Hill, P.E.
ATF Fire Research Laboratory
Barbara Lane, Ph.D.
ARUP Fire
Sean Hunt, P.E.
Hughes Associates, Inc.
Brian Lattimer, Ph.D.
Hughes Associates, Inc.
Rodney McPhee
Canadian Wood Council
Harold Nelson, P.E., FSFPE
James Mehaffey, Ph.D.
Forintek Canada Corp.
Amal Tamim
James Milke, P.E., Ph.D., FSFPE
University of Maryland
Ian Thomas, Ph.D.
Victoria University
Christopher Wieczorek, Ph.D.
FM Global
Staff
Morgan J. Hurley, P.E.
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
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Organized in 1950, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers is the professional society for engineers involved in the multifaceted field of fire protection engineering. The purposes of the society are to advance the science and practice of fire protection engineering, to maintain a high ethical standing among its members, and to foster fire protection engineering education. Its worldwide members include engineers in private practice; in industry; and in local, regional, and national government, as well as technical members of the insurance industry. Chapters of the society are located in Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the United States.
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