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PUBLICATIONS

User's Guide for FAST: Engineering Tools for Estimating Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (NIST SP 921)

Published

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Walter W. Jones, Richard W. Bukowski, Glenn P. Forney

Abstract

FAST is a collection of fire modeling tools which uses the underlying fire model CFAST and adds the routines of FIREFORM to provide engineering calculations of fire phenomena in compartmented structures. This manual provides documentation and examples for using FAST. It describes how to install the software on a computer and provides a guide for the use of FAST using examples. [CD-ROM included with the report.]
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 921
Report Number
921
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.921

Keywords

computer models, computer programs, evacuation, fire models, fire research, hazard assessment, predictive models, toxicity
Buildings and Construction and Fire

Citation

Peacock, R. , Reneke, P. , Jones, W. , Bukowski, R. and Forney, G. (1997), User's Guide for FAST: Engineering Tools for Estimating Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (NIST SP 921), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.921 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created October 1, 1997, Updated November 10, 2018
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