TABLE OF CONTENTS John M. Watts, Jr. and John R. Hall, Jr.
Dr. John M. Watts, Jr., holds degrees in fire protection engineering, industrial engineering, and operations research. He is director of the Fire Safety Institute, a not-for-profit information, research, and educational corporation located in Middlebury, Vermont. Dr. Watts also serves as editor of NFPA's Fire Technology.
Dr. John R. Hall, Jr., is assistant vice president for fire analysis and research at the National Fire Protection Association. He has been involved in studies of fire experience patterns and trends, models of fire risk, and studies of fire department management experiences since 1974 at NFPA, the National Bureau of Standards, the U.S. Fire Administration, and the Urban Institute.
The chapters in this section describe concepts and methods to be used in answering the three questions: What could happen? How bad would it be? How likely is it? This chapter in particular is intended to provide an overview of...
