Abstract
Fire safety and prevention is of great concern in the construction of new buildings and the assessment of existing structures in order to prevent hazardous fire situations and consequential loss of human life. Therefore, the causative agents of fires and the ways fires move and spread are key to understanding how to build or improve structures that minimize fire risk and damage. Because basements are often the starting point for fires, the research specifically explores how basement fires start, spread, what construction elements promote fires, basement fire control, equipment for combating fire outbreak, and prevention of future fire outbreaks. ...
