Fire Safety Science Digital Archive

Absolute protection of life and property from fire in the built environment is unattainable and, even if attainable, prohibitively expensive. However, too little expenditure on fire safety could result in levels of life loss that would be unacceptable to the community. Between those extremes there will exist a set of cost-effective solutions, in which it is feasible to minimize the total cost associated with fire, consistent with achieving levels of life safety, which are acceptable to the community.