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The entry requirement into the post-graduate programme is a generally a B.E. degree in Chemical, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical engineering. Around 7 to 12 students graduate from the programme each year. We offer four qualifications:

The Post-graduate Certificate (PGCert) in Fire Engineering is a taught only qualification requiring a combination of four 400 and 600 level fire engineering courses. All new part-time students start in this qualification and are upgraded to a Masters programme if they wish subject to their progress. The full-time programme can be completed in six months and the part-time programme takes two years.

The Masters of Engineering Studies (MEngSt) in Fire Engineering qualification requires eight courses of which two will normally be a project and six a combination of 400 and 600 level fire engineering taught courses. The full-time programme can be completed in one year and the part-time programme takes three to four years.

The Masters of Engineering in Fire Engineering (MEFE) requires six 600 level fire engineering courses and the completion of a thesis. This programme is only offered as a full-time option and typically takes 16 鈥� 20 months to complete.

The PhD qualification is a research-only qualification. The full-time programme takes at least three years and the part-time programme takes at least five years of advanced study.

• Find out more about the Master of Fire Enginnering studies听here
• Find out more about Scholarships on offer听here

Fire Engineering has two laboratories: the small-scale fire laboratory and the medium-scale fire laboratory. The small-scale fire laboratory contains the Cone Calorimeter used for ignition, burning rate and flame spread measurements; the wind-tunnel; a small-scale furnace and the ISO ignition apparatus. The medium-scale fire laboratory contains the furniture calorimeter that can measure fires up to around 2 MW. Space is also available in the Civil and Natural Resources Engineering laboratories for specific projects.

The fire laboratories include instrumentation and data acquisition equipment used as needed for particular research and testing projects. Both the furniture and cone calorimeters are used for graduate laboratory classes as well as Masters and Ph.D. research projects.

Research students also have access to a 'hot-disk' apparatus to obtain solid material properties and DSC/TGA testing equipment for gas phase measurements.

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Cone calorimeter

Ignition and burning rate

The cone calorimeter is used intensively to obtain ignition and burning rate data. Materials tested have included upholstered furniture foam and fabric combinations, various species of timber, manufactured wood products, gypsum wallboard, cables and metro train construction materials.

Flame spread

The cone calorimeter was adapted to measure opposed flow flame spread by the apparatus referred to as the Reduced scale Ignition and Flame spread Technique (RIFT). The RIFT is used to examine opposed flow flame spread over several species of New 九州影院timber and timber products such as Beech, Rimu, Radiata Pine, Macrocarpra, Plywood, Particle board, Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) and Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL).

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LIFT

The Lateral Ignition and Flame Transport (LIFT) test apparatus is a standard test method for obtaining ignition and flame spread properties. The LIFT test apparatus was built in-house and can be setu-up so that materials can be tested either in the vertical or horizontal orientation. Recent work has compared the results obtained from teh RIFT and LIFT.

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Wind-tunnel

Students taking the Fire Safety Systems course, as well as Master's research students carrying out project work, use the wind-tunnel. It was used to determine appropriate distributions of the Response Time Index (RTI) for a range of commercially available sprinklers. Measurement of the sprinkler conduction (C) factor has also undertaken.

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Small-scale furnace

The small-scale furnace is used for testing structural timber connections under fire conditions. Internal connections using high strength steel bars epoxy grouted into LVL members have been under development at the University and were assessed in the furnace.

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Civil engineering laboratory

Atrium smoke control

An atrium 1/10 th scale-model was built to study the effects of spill plumes. The model consisted of a supporting steel frame with ceramic fibre insulation boards attached. The model simulated a fire within a communicating space in an atrium building, and consisted of two main units, the fire compartment and the smoke exhaust hood. Experiments investigated the entrainment of air into the spill plume in which a downstand and a balcony were present.

Water mist systems

A compartment and plenum space was designed to carry out experiments on the use of a water mist system with a displacement ventilation system. Fire tests were conducted to measure the effects of the water mist system on the compartment conditions.

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ISO Ignition apparatus

The ISO 5657 ignition apparatus was used to obtain ignition and burning rate data on upholstered furniture foam and fabric combinations and various species of timber.

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Furniture Calorimeter

The furniture calorimeter can be used to measure the rate of heat release of a variety of items such as furniture, piled stock, vegetation, etc.

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Computer resources

Students have access to a wide range of general computer applications and specialised fire modelling tools including:

• The SAFIR thermal and structural analysis program
• The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) large eddy simulation CFD program
• Compartment zone modelling software such as CFAST, FPETool and BRANZFIRE
• The Simulex evacuation model
• Risk Monte Carlo Simulation Package

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Salt water fluid flow

The density difference between salt water and fresh water can be used to represent the flow of hot smoke in a compartment. Fire Engineering has been working with our colleagues in Fluids to examine flows prior t backdrafts and fluids through ceilng vents. The fluids laboratory has extensive darkroom facilities and in-house expertise to support Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Particle Tracking Velocimety (PTV) measuring techniques.

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九州影院 facilities

The library contains many Fire specific journals, books and electronic resources. More information is available through the听听on the library website.

How BIM and Fire Safety Engineering could become a smooth integration, rather than a flaming mess

By Peter Thompson, 九州影院, New Zealand

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Guidance for the application of modern, digital tools

Staff in the department have experience in the area of Building Information Modelling and advanced simulation techniques. There are some ongoing research projects supporting the further adoption and development of these tools, specifically with a view for them becoming adopted in Fire Safety Engineering workflows.

We have a page dedicated to outlining the development and implementation of these applications and tools.听Click here听to view the latest content.

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Universities

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• Lund University
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Organisations and Companies

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• 听(BRANZ)
• 听(FRS - UK)
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A fire protection engineer fulfils a broad range of duties, all in some way related to fire. This can range from designing fire protection for an industrial complex, to protecting national treasures, to ensuring the occupants of a high-rise building are safe from fire. Fire protection engineers have always been in great demand by corporations, educational institutions, consulting firms, and government bodies around the world.

To find out more about opportunities and challenges of being a recent fire engineering graduate please read the paper or view the presentation given at the International Conference on Building Fire Safety, QUT, Brisbane Australia. Two 九州影院 Fire Engineering graduates, who are now working as consulting engineers, co-authored the paper.

Fire protection employers in the Australasia region - the list below is not exhaustive. If you know of other employers feel free to听let us know

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Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)

FDS is available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The model has been extensively used for our research work. Recent projects have looked using FDS to model road tunnel fires and comparison with balcony spill plume measurements. Work is also ongoing to transfer CAD files into FDS.

Key publications

• Harrison R, Spearpoint M J, Fleischmann C M. Numerical modeling of balcony and adhered spill plume entrainment using FDS5. Journal of Applied Fire Science, 17(4) 337-366, 2010.
• Cheong M K, Spearpoint M J, Fleischmann C M. A comparison of a statistical and computational fluid dynamics approach to estimate goods vehicle heat release rate in road tunnel fires. Fire Technology, 46(3) 531-549, [] 2010.
• Li K Y, Spearpoint M J. Numerical simulation of smoke downdrag due to a sprinkler spray using FDS. Proc. 8th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST), Melbourne, Australia, 7 鈥� 9 Dec 2010.
• Harrison R, Spearpoint M J. The balcony spill plume: Entrainment of air into a flow from a compartment opening to a higher projecting balcony. Fire Technology, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 301-317 []. 2007.
• Dimyadi J A W, Spearpoint M, Amor R. Generating Fire Dynamics Simulator geometrical input using an IFC-based building information model. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, Vol. 12, pp. 443-457 []. 2007.

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BRANZFIRE

The BRANZFIRE zone model is developed by Colleen Wade at听. Research at the University helps Colleen add new modules to the software and provide verification of its capabilities. Work has added a glass fracture module to the software, examined the model's ability to predict sprinkler activation provided a method to automatically show building geometry by electronic data transfer.

Research is ongoing to develop a Monte Carlo risk-based version of the Model called B-RISK.

Key publications

• Baker G, Spearpoint M, Fleischmann C, Wade C. Development of a radiative fire spread sub model for an enhanced zone model. Proc. 8th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST), Melbourne, Australia, 7 鈥� 9 Dec 2010.
• Spearpoint M J. Transfer of architectural data from the IFC model to a fire simulation software tool. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 271-292 []. 2007.
• Wade C, Spearpoint M J, Bittern A, Tsai K. Assessing the sprinkler activation predictive capability of the BRANZFIRE fire model. Fire Technology, Vol. 43, No. 3, September, pp.175-193 []. 2007.

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SAFIR

SAFIR modelThe SAFIR structural fire performance model is developed by Jean-Marc Franssen at the University of Leige, Belgium. We have been using the model to investigate the performance of reinforced concrete under fire conditions.

Key publications

• J Chang, R.P. Dhakal, P.J. Moss and A.H. Buchanan, Connections on Hollow-Core Floor Systems for Enhanced Fire Performance, Designing Concrete Structures for Fire Safety, ACI Special Publication, SP-255-9, 2008
• Bong M W, Buchanan A H, Dhakal R P, Moss P J. Fire performance of steel portal frame buildings. Proc. 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Christchurch, November 2006, pp. 457-462.

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Evacuation models

Work is being carried out to develop a Monte Carlo risk-based network model called EvacuatioNZ. Other research has evaluated the results from the听听evacuation model with analytical and experimental results.

Key publications

• Spearpoint M J. Comparative verification exercises on a probabilistic network model for building evacuation. Journal of Fire Sciences, 27(5) 409-430, [] 2009.
• Ko S Y, Spearpoint M J, Teo A. Trial evacuation of an industrial premises and evacuation model comparison. Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 42, Issue 2, 91-105 [], 2007.

Upholstered furniture

A significant amount of research has been carried out on the burning characteristics of New 九州影院upholstered furniture largely sponsored by the听. Experiments have been undertaken at small scale, using the cone calorimeter, and a large scale under our furniture calorimeter.

Key publications

• Martini P, Spearpoint M J, Ingham P E. Low-cost wool-based fire blocking inter-liners for upholstered furniture. Fire Safety Journal, 45(4) 238-248, [] 2010.
• Enright P A, Fleischmann C M, Vandevelde P. CBUF Model II applied to exemplary New 九州影院furniture (NZ-CBUF), Fire and Materials, v.25 no.3, 2001, pp. 203-7.

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Flame spread

Research has investigated flame spread over wood materials and in particular New 九州影院species and products. We are using our LIFT (Lateral Ignition and Flame Transport) and RIFT (Reduced scale Ignition and Flame spread Technique) setups to compare properties obtained from the two methods.

Key publications

• Tobeck D O, Spearpoint M J, Fleischmann C M. A mechanistic method for scrutinising LIFT ignition data. Fire and Materials, 35(3) 129-141, [] 2011.
• Merryweather G, Spearpoint M J. Flame spread measurements on wood products using the ASTM E 1321 LIFT apparatus and a reduced scale adaptation of the cone calorimeter. Fire and Materials, 34(3) 109-136, [weblink] 2010.
• Spearpoint M, Huynh M, Moghtaderi B, Merryweather G. Flame spread measurements of New 九州影院timber using an adaptation of the cone calorimeter. APEC Fire Safe Use of Timber in Construction Seminar, Wellington, May. 2005.

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Ignition

Research on ignition has supported our work on New 九州影院upholstered furniture and more recently on our flame spread testing of New 九州影院wood products. We use the cone calorimeter, the ISO 5657 ignition apparatus and RIFT for this work. In addition we have been working with the School of Forestry and the Department of Conservation (DOC) to investigate the ignition of New 九州影院grassland fuels.

Key publications

• Baker G, Fleury R, Spearpoint M, Fleischmann C, Wade C. Ignition of secondary objects in a design fire simulation tool, Fire Safety Science, (10): 1359-1372, [] 2011.
• Wakelin H M, Anderson S A J, Spearpoint M J, Cochrane C H. Ignition thresholds for grassland fuels and management implications. Proc. 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25 鈥� 29 October, Spokane, Washington, USA, 2010.
• Merryweather G, Spearpoint M J. Ignition of New 九州影院wood products in the LIFT, RIFT and ISO 5657 apparatus using the ASTM E 1321-97 protocol. Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 63-88 []. 2008.
• Spearpoint M J, Olenick S M, Torero J L, Steinhaus T. Ignition performance of new and used motor vehicle upholstery fabrics. Fire and Materials, vol 29, pp. 265-282 []. 2005.

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Flame height and radiation

Research into using digital video imaging techniques to obtain flame characteristics has been ongoing. The initial work was carried out in conjunction with Paul Mason, Alan McKinnon and Keith Unsworth,听, Applied Computing Group and Chris Rogers who visited New 九州影院from Tufts University, USA. Further work has been undertaken more recently by our Master students.

In addition, Peter Cumber,听, Scotland carried out a numerical analysis of jet flame lengths while on an EPRSC funded visit here and it is hoped that the digital video techniques can be applied to future collaborative work.

Key publications

• Fleury R, Spearpoint M, Fleischmann C. Evaluation of thermal radiation models for fire spread analysis. Fire and Evacuation Modeling Conference 2011, Aug 15-16, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2011.
• Mason P S, Fleischmann C M, Rogers C B, McKinnon A E, Unsworth K, Spearpoint M J. Estimating thermal radiation fields from 3D flame reconstruction. Fire Technology, 45(1) 1-22, 2009.
• Cumber P S, Spearpoint M J. A computational flame length methodology for propane jet fires. Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 41, Issue 3, pp.215-228 []. 2006

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Backdraft

Research has used saltwater modelling experiments and the Streams software suite developed by Roger Nokes to obtain data on the gravity current mixing that occurs prior to a backdraft.

Key publications

• Fleischmann C F, McGrattan K. Numerical and experimental gravity currents related to backdrafts, Fire Safety Journal, v.33, 1999.

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Compartment fires

The effects of compartments on the burning characteristics of fires have been investigated by two of our PhD students. The work has included experiments under the furniture calorimeter with a range of burning and ventilation conditions. Results from the experiments have been compared with predictions made by the FDS field model.

Key publications

• Shelley J P, Spearpoint M J, Bittern A. Tenability analysis of television fires in a sprinkler protected compartment. Journal of Applied Fire Science, 16(1) 35-70, [] 2009.
• Parkes A R, Fleischmann C M. The Impact of Location and Ventilation on Pool Fire in a Compartment. Proceedings 8th Intl. Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Beijing, China, 2005.
• Yii E H, Fleischmann C M, Buchanan A H. Vent flows in fire compartments with large openings. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 17, 211-237, 2007.

Post-earthquake fires

Fire after earthquakes can have serious consequences for life and porperty. Our researach has investigated how the NZ Building Code deals with the post-earthquake fire problems and also the performance of passive protection measures under earthquake conditions.

Key publications

• Sharp G S, Buchanan A H. Earthquake damage to passive fire protection systems in tall buildings, Proc. New 九州影院Society of Earthquake Eng Annual Conference, Rotorua, Paper 34, 2004.
• Taylor J. Post-earthquake fire in tall buildings and the New 九州影院building code. Fire Engineering Research Report 2003/6.

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Design of reinforced concrete slabs

Concrete is commonly used as part of a floor system in a building. The performance of these systems under fire conditions has been a continued area of research, both numerically and experimentally.

Key publications

• Lim L, Buchanan A H, Moss P J. Franssen J-M., Numerical modelling of two-way reinforced concrete slabs in fire, Engineering Structures, v26, 2004, pp. 1081-91.
• Lim L, Buchanan A H, Moss P J. Restraint of fire-exposed concrete floor systems, Fire and Materials, v.28 no.2-4, 2004, pp. 95-126.

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Performance of Laminated Veneer Lumber

The work has investigated the fire performance of LVL as a structural material. Research has been carried out in our laboratories and at BRANZ with support from Carter Holt Harvey. Recent work has been to investigate connection systems using the small-scale furnace in our laboratory.

Key publications

• Lane W, Buchanan A H, Moss P J. Fire Performance of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), Proc. of World Conf on Timber Engineering, Lahti, Finland, v3, 2004, pp. 473-78

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Gypsum wallboard systems

Research into the fire performance of gypsum wallboard systems has included large and small-scale experimental work. Much of the work has been sponsored by Winstone Wallboards and the large-scale experiments were conducted in collaboration with BRANZ.

Key publications

• Gerlich H, McLellan D, Buchanan A H, Barnett C. Predicting the Performance of drywall Construction Exposed to Design Fires, Proc. Interflam 2004 Fire Science and Engineering Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004.
• Nyman J, Gerlich H and Buchanan A H., Equivalent Fire Resistance of Drywall Construction Exposed to Compartment Fires, Proceedings, Fire and Materials Conference, San Francisco, 2003, pp. 21-32.

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Steel beams

Key publications

• Moss P J, Buchanan A H, Seputro J, Wastney C, Welsh R, Effect of support conditions on the fire behaviour of steel and composite beams, Fire and Materials, v.28 no.2 - 4, 2004, pp. 159-76.

Sprinkler and detector activation

Recent work has been targeted towards characterising sprinklers in the heated wind tunnel and assessing their performance when exposed to experimental fires. The wind tunnel has been used to determine appropriate distributions of the Response Time Index (RTI) and measurement of the sprinkler conduction (C) factor for a range of commercially available sprinklers. Television fire experiments were also used to compare the detection performance of a range of heat, smoke and CO fire detectors.

Key publications

• Frank K., Spearpoint, M., Fleischmann, C.M. and Wade, C. (2011) A comparison of sources of uncertainty for calculating sprinkler activation. Fire Safety Science, (10):1101-1114, [] 2011.
• Tsui A, Spearpoint M J. Statistical analysis of sprinkler response time index and determination of conduction factor using the plunge test. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 31(2), 163-176, [] 2010.
• Shelley, J. and Spearpoint, M. (2007) Tenability comparison of detectors and sprinklers in television fire tests. University of London, London, UK: 11th International Interflam Conference (Interflam 2007), 3-5 Sep 2007, pp. 347-358.

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Smoke ventilation systems

The design of smoke ventilation systems requires knowledge of the amount of smoke entrained into the smoke plume. Experimental and numerical research is being conducted on balcony spill plumes and simplified equations for entrainment are being developed.

Key Publications

• Harrison R, Spearpoint M J. The horizontal flow of gases below the spill edge of a balcony and an adhered thermal spill plume. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53(25-26: 5792-5805, [] 2010.
• Harrison R, Spearpoint M J. The transition from a balcony spill plume to an axisymmetric plume. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 20(4), 273-289, [] 2010.
• Harrison R, Spearpoint M J. Physical scale modelling of adhered spill plume entrainment. Fire Safety Journal, 45(3) 149-158, [] 2010.
• Harrison R, Spearpoint M J. A comparison between channelled and unchannelled balcony spill plumes. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 31(3) 265-277, [] 2010.
• Tan F, Harrison R, Spearpoint M J. Physical scale modeling of smoke contamination in upper balconies by a channeled balcony spill plume in an atrium. Journal of Fire Sciences, 28(4) 313-336, [] 2010.

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Sprinkler and smoke layer interaction

This work has been to investigate how a sprinkler spray influences the conditions in a smoke layer. In particular to work has considered how much cooling occurs and whether the layer be sufficiently disrupted to cause 'downdrag'.

Key Publications

• Li K Y, Spearpoint M J. Simplified calculation method for determining smoke downdrag due to a sprinkler spray. Fire Technology, 47(3) 5781-800, [] 2011.
• Li K Y, Spearpoint M J, Ji J, Huo R, Li Y Z, Hu L H. A mathematical model on drag effect of sprinkler spray to adjacent horizontal smoke venting. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 20(1) 27-54, [] 2010.
• Li K Y, Spearpoint M J. A review of instability criteria of smoke layers under sprinkler spray. Proc. International Symposium on Fire Science and Fire Protection Engineering, Hefei, China, 17 Oct 2009, p.70-77, 2009.

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Water mist systems

Experiments involving a water mist system in conjunction with a displacement ventilation system were undertaken. The effects of the water mist system on the compartment conditions were measured for a range of fire tests.

Key publications

• Hume B. Water mist suppression in conjunction with displacement ventilation. Fire Engineering Research Report 2003/4.

Movement

Research into human behaviour in fire has included looking at crowd movement in sports stadiums and the effect of pre-movement on evacuation. Work in this area often links with the research we carry out on computer evacuation models.

Key publications

• Spearpoint M J, Xiang X. Calculating evacuation times from lecture theatre type rooms using a network model, Fire Safety Science, (10):599-612, 2011
• Spearpoint, M.J. (2008)听. New 九州影院Science Teacher, 117, 16-17.
• Hoskin K, Spearpoint M J. Crowd characteristics and egress at stadia. Proc. 3rd International Conference on Human Behaviour in Fire, pp. 367-376. Belfast, 1-3 Sept. 2004.
• Spearpoint M J. The effect of pre-movement on evacuation times in a simulation model. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 33-53. 2003.

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Behaviour

The option to use lifts (elevators) for the evacuation of high-rise buildings is seen to be a viable part of an overall egress strategy. We have conducted some work in this area looking at this issue.

Key publications

• Heyes E, Spearpoint M J. Lifts for evacuation - Human behaviour considerations. Proc. 4th International Conference on Human Behaviour in Fire, Interscience Communications Ltd, 13-15 July 2009, Cambridge, UK. 2009.

Fire statistics and risk

Recent work on fire statistics has focused on fires in parking buildings and tunnel design fires. The New 九州影院Fire Service maintains statistics on fires and this data is useful for our research.

Key publications

• Cheong, M.K., Spearpoint, M.J. and Fleischmann, C.M. (2008)听Using the peak heat release rate to determine the fire risk level of road tunnels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 222, 4, 595-604.
• Li Y., Spearpoint M.J. (2007)听. Fire Technology, 43, 2, 93-106.

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Building information modelling

Ongoing research is looking at integrating building information models with fire simulation software. Work initially focused on the IFC building model and linking it with zone models such as BRANZFIRE. More recent work has developed the tool to link with FDS and the use of XML to creata fire information databases.

Key publications

• Tobeck D O, Spearpoint M J, Fleischmann C M. Data Structures for Fire Test Information Exchange Using XML. Fire Technology. []
• Dimyadi, J., Spearpoint, M. and Amor, R. (2009)听. Karlsruhe, Germany: Ninth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, 21-26 September 2008. 1329-1340.
• Spearpoint, M. J. (2007)听. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 17, 4, 271-292.
• Dimyadi, J.A.W., Spearpoint, M.J. and Amor, R. (2007)听. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 12, 443-457.
• Claridge E, Spearpoint M. Fire fighter stair climbing speeds in high rise buildings. Proc. 8th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST), Melbourne, Australia, 7 鈥� 9 Dec 2011
• Merry A, Spearpoint M J. The New 九州影院Building Act 2004 and the involvement of the New 九州影院Fire Service. Proc. 7th International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, Auckland, New Zealand, pp.47-58, 2008.

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Fire Service

Research has looked at the interaction between the New 九州影院Fire Service and the Building Code. More recent work has to be carried out on updating the Fire Brigade Intervention Model (FBIM) to include New 九州影院specific data.

PhD Thesis

• O Akaa
  

ME Thesis

• H Y Qiu
  

MEngSt (Fire) Projects

• J Cheong
  Determining Effectiveness of Stairwell Pressurization Systems in multi-storey听听buildings听(PDF, 526 kB)

PhD Thesis

• Daniel Madrzykowski
  
• Ivy Wang
  

MEngSt (Fire) Projects

• T Morgun
  Fire Evacuation analysis of the Manchester Woolworths fire using network modelling (PDF, 954 kB)
• J MacIntyre
  A study into the Performance of Passive Fire Protection Defects Exposed to the Stand Fire Test
• R Quickenden
  Defining the time to untenable conditions from CFD modelling results听(PDF, 1.7 MB)

ME Thesis

• Daniel Jessop
  
• Taidi Gu
  
• H Peel
  
• Shahriar Sazegara
  

PhD Thesis

• Gregory Baker
  

MEngSt (Fire) Projects

• F Monzon Najera
  Post-incident Egress Analysis of the Kiss Nightclub Fire Using Network Modelling听(PDF, 858 kB)
• T Moser听
  Delay of Onset of Charring to CLT Using Different Encapsulating Materials听(PDF, 52.3 MB)
• A Pan
  Analysis of Pulsating Fire Using the Fire Dynamics Simulator

PhD Thesis

• Mohd Zahirasri bin Mohd Tohir
  

ME Thesis

• Y W (Kevin) Suen
  
• Daniel Pau
  

MEngSt (Fire) Projects

• M Gannon
  Understanding the Impact on Sprinkler Systems Due to Reduced Supply Water Pressure (PDF, 600 kB)
• J Hu
  Measurement of Droplet Velocity Distribution from a Fire Sprinkler听(PDF, 368 kB)
• C Manning
  Assessment of Fire Performance of Steel I-Section Columns with Web Infilled Conc听(PDF, 595 kB)
• P Xie
  Comparison of Existing Time-Equivalence Methods and the Min Load Capacity Method听(PDF, 444 kB)

ME Thesis

• R Costello
  

MEngSt (Fire) Projects

• D Manley
  Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs Exposed to Natural Fires听(PDF, 548 kB)
• E Retana Rodriguez
  

PhD Thesis

• James O'Neill
  

ME Thesis

• Z J Chen
  
• G S Hay
  
• H Y Tiong
  
• Y Han
  

Projects

• M Andhe
  A case study to give a New 九州影院design perspective for the design of a 99-storey building
• J S Partridge
  Smoke hazard management in Queensland hospitals 鈥� a case study
• A D Shah
  A Comparison of the NIST Workstations Experiment with the B-Risk Design Fire

MEngSt (Fire) Projects

• M Haertel
  Successful Active Fire Protection Measures in NZ听(PDF, 619 kB)
• H H Tong
  Processing Tube Furnace Test Data and Improving the Data Reduction Algorithms听(PDF, 533 kB)

ME Thesis

• W J Bong
  Limitations of zone model and CFD model for natural smoke filling in large spaces using different fire sizes
• Y K Tan
  
• P Spellman
  
• Y P (Jessie) Hou
  
• T M McDonald
  
• C H Yip
  

Projects

• B A McClelland
  The life safety benefits of sprinkler(s) within a small room
• J Studhalter
  
• D Glasgow
  

ME Thesis

• J M Gaskin
  

Research Reports

• DLW Wong
  The Fallout of Single Glazing under Radiant Heat Exposure

ME Thesis

• R B Gerard II
  
• M A Le Quesne
  
• P V Le
  
• J W O'Neill
  
• J A Saunders
  
• R Fleury
  

Research Reports

• 2010/1 - G Grant
  Evaluation of timber floor systems for fire resistance and other performance requirements
• 2010/4 - E Claridge
  Assessment and Validation of the Fire Brigade Intervention Model for use within New 九州影院and Performance-Based Fire Engineering
• 2010/5 - Y Tsai
  
• 2010/6 - P Reddin
  
• 2010/8 - C L Ho
  Simulation of Smoke Contamination in Upper Balcony by a Channelled Balcony Spill Plume in an Atrium
• 2010/10 - H Brammer
  Examination into the Reliability of Seconday Water Supplies

PhD Thesis

• R Harrison
  
• M K Cheong
  
• A Parkes
  

Research Reports

• 2009/1 - B Ghosh
  Assessment of the benefits of fire extinguishers as fire safety precautions in New 九州影院buildings
• 2009/2 - E Heyes
  
• 2009/3 - F Tan
  Physical Scale Modelling of Smoke Contamination in Upper Balconies by a Balcony Spill Plume in an Atrium
• 2009/4 - A Merry
  The Building Act 2004 and the Inclusion of the New 九州影院Fire Service in the Building Consent Process

ME Thesis

• PLE Richards
  
• J D McBryde
  

Research Reports

• 2008/2 - C R Thomas
  Study of Full Scale Fire Test Results Versus BRANZFIRE Zone Model Output
• 2008/3 - J W Dyer
  Effectiveness of Automatic Fire Sprinklers in High Ceiling Areas & the Impact of Sprinkler Skipping
• 2008/5 - P Martini
  Development of Low-Cost Fire Blocking Inter-liners for New 九州影院Furniture

PhD Thesis

• J J Chang
  Computer simulation of hollowcore concrete flooring systems exposed to fire

ME Thesis

• K S Goble
  
• D Tobeck
  
• A KL Ng
  
• K X J Yu
  
• W Tsai
  
• X Xianoxing
  
• K Y Ho
  

Research Reports

• 2007/1 - Johannes Dimyadi
  Generating FDS Fire Simulation Input using IFCBased Building Information Model
• 2007/2 - Craig McGhie
  Apparent Level of Safety of Buildings Meeting the NZ Building Code Approved Document C/AS1 - Fire Safety
• 2007/3 - Nick Brown
  Steelwork Partially Protected from Post-Flashover Fires in Gypsum Plastboard Lined Compartments
• 2007/4 - Terence Chuo
  Fire Performance of Connections in Laminated Veneer Lumber

ME Thesis

• T Porter
  
• G J Merryweather
  

Research Reports

• 2006/1 - R Nelligan
  Guidelines for the Use of Expanded Foam Polystyrene Panel Systems in Industrial Buildings so as to Minmise the Risk of Fire
• 2006/2 - G Wang
  Performance of Reinforced Concrete Flat Slabs Exposed to Fire
• 2006/3 - J Lau
  
• 2006/4 - M Spearpoint
  

ME Thesis

• K L Robertson
  

Research Reports

• 2005/1 - B Chiam
  Numerical Simulation of a Metro Train Fire
• 2005/2 - B Stratton
  Determining Flame Height and Flame Pulsation Frequency and Estimating Heat Release Rate from 3D Flame Reconstruction
• 2005/3 - W Lane
  Ignition, Charring and Structural Performance of Laminated Veneer Lumber
• 2005/4 - M Bong
  Structural Fire Performance of Steel Portal Frame Buildings

Research Reports

• 2004/1 - R Harrison
  
• 2004/2 - Y Li
  Assessment of Vehicle Fires in NZ Parking Buildings
• 2004/3 - J Shelley
  Tenability Analysis of Television Fires in a Sprinkler Protected Compartment
• 2004/4 - K Hoskin
  Fire Protection and Evacuation Procedures of Stadia Venues in New Zealand
• 2004/5 - D Bernhart
  The Effect of Support Conditions on the Fire Resistance of a Reinforced Concrete Beam
• 2004/6 - C Ngu
  Calcination of Gypsum Plasterboard under Fire Exposure
• 2004/7 - S Harris
  Fire Resistance of Epoxy-Grouted Steel Rod Connections in Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
• 2004/8 - A Bittern
  Analysis of FDS Predicted Sprinkler Activation Times with Experiments

Research Reports

• 2003/1 - Ee H Yii
  
• 2003/2 - L Lim
  
• 2003/3 - J Williams
  Life Safety Risk Assessment for Firecells with a Single Means of Escape
• 2003/4 - B Hume
  Water Mist Suppression in Conjunction with Displacement Ventilation
• 2003/5 - VCM Huynh
  Flame Spread Measurements Of New 九州影院Timber Using An Adaptation Of The Cone Calorimeter Apparatus
• 2003/6 - J Taylor
  Post-earthquake Fire in Tall Buildings and the New 九州影院Building Code
• 2003/7 - J Chang
  2-D Analysis Of The Performance Of Connections With Unprotected Steel Structural Members Exposed To Parametric Fire
• 2003/8 - G Sharp
  Earthquake Damage to Passive Fire Protection Systems in Tall Buildings and its Impact on Fire Safety
• 2003/9 - Sing-Yen Ko
  Comparison of Evacuation Times using Simulex and EvacuatioNZ Based on Trial Evacuations

Research Reports

• 2002/1 - G Baker
  
• 2002/2 - D Brammer
  
• 2002/3 - K S Chin
  
• 2002/4 - L R Clark
  The Effect of Door Angle on Fire Induced Flow Through a Doorway
• 2002/5 - R Parry
  Implementation of a Glass Fracture Module for the BRANZ Fire Compartment Fire Zone Modelling Software
• 2002/6 - N Patterson
  
• 2002/7 - M Rangi
  Fire Safety Design of Ferrymead Heritage Park
• 2002/8 - L Rutherford
  Experimental Results for Pre-Flashover Fire Experiments in Two Adjacent ISO Compartments
• 2002/9 - J Schulz
  Measurement of Magnitude and Direction of Hot Gas Flow in a Fire Compartment with a Five-hole Probe
• 2002/10 - Y F Tu
  
• 2002/11 - C Wastney
  
• 2002/12 - L Lim
  
• 2002/13 - J Nyman
  Equivalent Fire Resistance Ratings of Construction Elements Exposed to Realistic Fires

Research Reports

• 2001/1 - A Coles
  
• 2001/2 - F Chen
  
• 2001/3 - TYA Chen
  
• 2001/4 - B H Jones
  
• 2001/5 - C K Ngu
  
• 2001/6 - J Seputro
  
• 2001/7 - A Teo
  
• 2001/8 - R Welsh
  
• 2001/9 - R Wong
  
• 2001/10 - S Wu
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• 2001/12 - M Feeney
  

Research Reports

• 2000/1 - F Bong
  
• 2000/2 - PCR Collier
  
• 2000/3 - S Davis
  
• 2000/4 - H Denize
  
• 2000/5 - N Girgis
  
• 2000/6 - M James
  
• 2000/7 - K R Lewis
  
• 2000/8 - L Lim
  
• 2000/9 - J Mason
  
• 2000/10 - C van der Pump
  
• 2000/11 - P Teo
  Fire Engineering Design Problems at Building Consent
• 2000/12 - S Weaver
  
• 2000/13 - H W Yii
  

Research Reports

• 99/1 - R A Carter
  
• 99/2 - J M Clarke
  
• 99/3 - K M Crawford
  
• 99/4 - M Dixon
  
• 99/5 - C Duncan
  
• 99/6 - R Feasey
  
• 99/7 - J Firestone
  
• 99/8 - I J Garrett
  
• 99/9 - D B Hipkins
  
• 99/10 - M J Inwood
  
• 99/11 - K H Liew
  Simple Empirical Method for Load-Bearing Light Timber Framed Walls at Elevated Temperatures
• 99/12 - G A North
  
• 99/13 - D L Palmer
  
• 99/14 - S J Rusbridge
  
• 99/15 - B J Sutherland
  
• 99/16 - JKS Wong
  

Research Reports

• 98/1 - R Botting
  
• 98/2 - M Dunn
  
• 98/3 - N Gravestock
  
• 98/4 - A Henderson
  
• 98/5 - A Lovatt
  
• 98/6 - P Olsson
  
• 98/7 - E H Yii
  

Research Reports

• 97/1 - G J Barnes
  
• 97/2 - J W Boyes
  
• 97/3 - T Grace
  
• 97/4 - P Holmberg
  
• 97/5 - KDJ Irwin
  
• 97/6 - D C Robertson
  
• 97/7 - G C Thomas
  
• 97/8 - A M Walker
  
• 97/9 - D B Hubbard and T M Pastore
  

Research Reports

• 96/1 - M A Belsham
  
• 96/2 - J M Clement
  
• 96/3 - B W Cosgrove
  
• 96/4 - T N Kardos
  
• 96/5 - A R Parkes
  
• 96/6 - M W Radford
  

Research Reports

• 95/1 - I B Bolliger
  
• 95/2 - P A Enright
  A Study of Full Scale Room Fire Experiments
• 95/3 - J T Gerlich
  
• 95/4 - D J Millar
  
• 95/5 - F Rahmanian