.... KEY WORDS: carbon monoxide, carboxyhemoglobin, fire fatalities, fire gases, fire hazard, fire scenario, flashover, smoke toxicity, toxicity test ~Associate professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106. 2Safety Engineering Laboratories...

... of hydrogen chloride (HCl) by reaction with building surfaces. The values of smoke toxic potency measured will also be affected by a number of parameters, including combustion mode, exposure mode, toxicological end point, and statistical analysis of results. A crucial factor, often overlooked, is the choice...

... rankings of the cables in these two scenarios were compared with the rankings of the cables by: (1) a toxic potency test; (2) results of a toxic potency test adjusted by the amount of cable present in each case; and (3) a new smoke toxicity test, which makes some allowance for the fire properties...

... to the incapacitation of the animals. fire hazards fire tests toxicity smoke toxicity Arthur F. Grand, ^ Harold L. Kaplan, ^ Jesse J. Beitel III, ^ Walter G. Switzer, ^ and Gordon E. Hartzelf" An Evaluation of Toxic Hazards from Full-Scale Furnished Roonn Fire Studies REFERENCE: Grand. A. F., Kaplan, H. L...