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Ignition of Japanese style tile roofing assemblies exposed to firebrands

November 14, 2018
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki
In a recent urban fire in Itoigawa-city, Niigata, Japan, structures were exposed to firebrands and it was reported roofing assemblies were ignited, which led to loss of entire structures. Roof tiles are fabricated using non-combustible materials yet the

Summary of Workshop Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment

August 3, 2018
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Raphaele Blanchi, Michael Gollner, Sara McAllister, Eulalia Planas, Elsa Pastor, Pedro Reszka, Sayaka Suzuki, Daniel Gorham
Large outdoor fires present a risk to the built environment. Wildfires that spread into communities, referred to as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires, have destroyed communities throughout the world, and are an emerging problem in fire safety science

Quantifying Wind-Driven Firebrand Production from Roofing Assembly Combustion

July 16, 2018
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Tomohiro Naruse
Large outdoor fires present a risk to the built environment. Examples often in the international media reports are wildfires that spread into communities, referred to as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. Other examples are large urban fires including

Characteristics of Firebrands Collected from Actual Urban Fires

July 9, 2018
Author(s)
Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki
The characteristics of firebrands collected from a recent urban fire in Japan are described. Specifically, this fire broke out from a Chinese restaurant in Itoigawa-city, Niigata, Japan on December 22nd 2016. On the day of the fire, strong winds resulted