Knovel Adds Fire Protection Engineering and Emergency Response Subject Area

Knovel's 30th subject area includes reference material from leading publishers and societies. With a focus on the design side of fire protection, the unique collection aims to support the inherently interdisciplinary work of fire protection engineers, whose work requires the ability to work with many disciplines - from structural engineers and architects to tradesmen and constructors. Coverage of emergency response helps engineers think beyond egress design and suppression systems, empowering them to include the staging of first responders, risk management, investigation and recovery.

The new offering complements Knovel's existing Safety and Industrial Hygiene subject area, which serves the needs of health, safety and welfare managers at industrial or manufacturing facilities. The new subject area serves fire and risk management engineers working for engineering design and construction, petroleum, manufacturing, and specialty chemical firms that design buildings, factories and plants that are subject to risk from fire or explosion.

Supporting fire protection and emergency response needs is critical to both the design process and the ongoing operations of industrial facilities and infrastructure, said Meagan Cooke, Knovel's director of content strategy and operations. Knovel has teamed up with nearly a dozen publishers to launch this collection that will help engineers meet code requirements in uncommon situations and plan effective responses to emergencies at facilities.

Knovel's Fire Protection Engineering and Emergency Response Subject Area provides over 70 titles covering a wide range of information, including:

-- Fire Protection Analysis
-- Fire Protection Management
-- Fire Science & Human Behavior
-- Fire Protection Systems
-- Passive Building Systems

Key publishers in the new subject area include John Wiley & Sons, PennWell, ASHRAE, IChemE, Elsevier, AWWA, Steel Construction Institute/FABIG, US CDC, American Society of Plumbing Engineers and Smithers-Rapra.