This report analyzes and compares high-rise hotel and cruise vessel fires. Data from incident reports, case studies, and on-site information have been organized into fault trees and Markov chains to facilitate analysis and comparison. The analysis has identified several fire protection methods and systems used in high-rise hotels that can and should be implemented in cruise ships to increase fire safety. Likewise, this study identifies procedures and equipment currently used on cruise ships that could improve high-rise hotel fire safety.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Blair, Brian Edward
• Careau, Andrew John
• Lord, James Mead

Subject

• Security
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D058I

Keyword

• Fire protection engineering
• Fire prevention

Advisor

• Barnett, Jonathan R.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright