DECISION ANALYSIS MODEL FOR PASSENGER-AIRCRAFT FIRE SAFETY WITH APPLICATION TO FIRE-BLOCKING OF SEATS

This report develops a generic model for analysis of the costs and benefits of fire-risk reducing strategies related to passenger airlines. The model calculates incremental costs for installing and operating these options. It also calculates estimated lives saved and property damage avoided, and it provides rules for combining costs and benefits into a single measure of attractiveness for an alternative. This model is then applied to the strategy of fire-blocking seats on passenger airlines, either on U.S. airlines or on all world airlines.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  Center for Fire Research
  Washington, DC  United States  20234

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Airport Technology Research and Development Branch
  Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Authors:
  • Hall Jr, J R
  • Stiefel, S W
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 105 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Benefit cost analysis; Fires; Mathematical models; Protection; Risk analysis; Seats
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390654
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NBSIR-84-2817, DOT/FAA/CT-84/8
• Contract Numbers: DTFA30-83-A-0034
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM