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Components of Step 6 : Establish <strong>fire</strong> scenarios<strong>for</strong> analysis★ Design <strong>fire</strong>s★ To evaluate the effects of a developing <strong>fire</strong> oneor more <strong>design</strong> <strong>fire</strong>s on which to base theanalysis should usually be defined.★ A <strong>design</strong> <strong>fire</strong> can be characterized in terms of:– heat release rate– toxic species production rate– smoke production rate– <strong>fire</strong> size (including flame length)– time to key events, e.g. flashoverIDRiM'09 23

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