Abstract
This chapter provides information on how to complete a postfire structural forensic inspection. It describes how to recognize structural fire damage to concrete and concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls, rubble stone, and brick masonry walls. The chapter describes how to recognize structural fire damage to steal framing members and metal decking. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a clearing house for information, statistics, and standards related to fires, provides extensive resources regarding the cost to property and persons from fires. Determination of what items must be removed and replaced versus those that can be repaired and/or cleaned is an area where forensics services are needed, and methods for making these determinations are not well documented. The lower limit is referred to as the lower flammability limit and the upper limit as the upper flammability limit. The combustion process continues or accelerates until one or more of fuel, oxidizer, or heat becomes limiting.
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