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000011880 100__ $$aThomas, Geoffrey C
000011880 24500 $$aModelling Fires Following Earthquakes in New Zealand

000011880 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000011880 520__ $$2eng$$aFires following earthquakes may develop into urban conflagrations with substantial loss of life and property. Two geographic information system (GIS) models linked to property and valuation data have been developed over the last six years as tools for estimating fire losses in Wellington by GNS Science and Victoria University of Wellington. The simpler static model determines the extent of fire spread and is suitable for probabilistic loss modelling. In the second model, a dynamic cellular automaton technique determines the rate and extent of fire-spread in response to factors including wind, radiation, sparking, branding, building separations and building claddings. Estimated losses for Wellington City vary between 5% and 60% of the total building stock, depending on wind speed, compared with about 30% for shaking losses only. More detailed studies of the Wellington Central business district, pilot studies incorporating the effect of vegetation between buildings and an assessment of the suitability of the dynamic model for pure vegetation fires has also been carried out. Validation against post-earthquake fires in Napier (1931) and Kobe (1995) and a small recent fire in Wellington has been carried out with good results. The dynamic model is being further developed to include effects of ground slope and as a potential fire fighting and/or planning and training tool for the New Zealand Fire Service.

000011880 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
000011880 653__ $$aFires following earthquake, fire, earthquake, urban, GIS, modelling

000011880 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15
000011880 720__ $$aThomas, Geoffrey C$$iCousins, W Jim$$iHeron, David W$$iLloydd, Delwyn A$$iMazzoni, Sabrina$$iSchmid, Robin$$iLukovic, Biljana
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000011880 8564_ $$s707368$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/11880/files/13-0010.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: 13-0010.
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