May 2009
Statue of Liberty Crown to Reopen July 4th, Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA, "Baltimore-based Hughes Associates was hired to conduct the study. The Park Service closed the Statue of Liberty and nearby Ellis Island to the public ..."
CrownHeights.info » Don't Linger in Statue of Liberty's Crown, "The new fire safety and emergency evacuation study, commissioned by the National Parks Service and executed by Baltimore-based Hughes Associates Inc., says about 240 people a day could safely make the trip ..."
Silverscorpio.com » No more than 5 minutes for visitors in Statue of Liberty's crown, "Commissioned by the National Parks Service and executed by Baltimore-based Hughes Associates Inc., the new fire safety and emergency evacuation study has revealed that about 240 people could safely make the trip in a day ..."
June 2009
Smoke Detection Calculations –
New Advances, Gottuk, D.T., NFPA Conference & Expo,
Chicago, 2009.
June 2009
Video Image Detection (VID)
Systems Installation Performance
Criteria, Gottuk, D.T., NFPA Conference & Expo,
Chicago, 2009.
March 2009
The Current and Future Applications of
Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems, Part 1 - Introduction & Fundamentals, Part 2 - Types of Water Mist Systems and
Equipment, Part 3 - Codes, Standards, Test Protocols, Part 4 - Future directions, Mawhinney, J. R., P.E., FSFPE, SFPE Atlanta Symposium,
2009.
February 2009
Smoke Alarm Response: Estimation Guidelines and Tenability Issues, Mealy, C.L. and Gottuk, D.T., SUPDET 2009.
February 2009
Foam Fire Suppression for High Challenge Shipboard Spaces, Scheffey, J. L., SUPDET 2009.
February 2009
Using Human and Technological Resources to Manage People Movement,
S.M.V. Gwynne and D. L. Boswell, SUPDET 2009.
February 2009
Challenges in Integrating Mass Notification with Fire Alarm Systems, W.D. Moore, SUPDET 2009.
February 2009
Securing Schools by Design: Integrating CPTED & Technology, Summers, R.E., Consultant’s Corner, International Security Vendor Semi-Annual Publication.
February 2009
Pre-evacuation Data Collected from
a Mid-rise Evacuation Exercise, Gwynne, S.M.V. and Boswell, D.L., Journal of Fire Protection Engineering.
February 2009
Understanding the Effectiveness of
Notification Technologies in Assisting
Vulnerable Populations, Gwynne, S.M.V. and Boswell, D.L., Journal of Fire Protection Engineering.
January 2009
Testing The Plastic:
Research shows that not all composite intermediate bulk containers (CIBCs) are created equal when it comes to fire protection, Scheffey, J. L., P.E., NFPA Journal, January/February 2009.