Simulation Application –
Simulated Fire
•Virtual Environment allows safe recreation of scenarios.
•Building designs are evaluated from the viewpoint of fire safety
•3-D designs allow for the ability to “walk-through” the building.
•Integrates NIST’s Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport (CFAST) with Berkeley Architectural Walkthrough (Walkthru).
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(Bulowski, 1997). Scenarios are able to be recreated in a virtual world that would be too unsafe and cost too much to be created in a real environment.

Engineers and architects can use the simulator to determine the speed, direction, and size of fires for any given design.  Evacuation plans can be updated or the building redesigned to provide safer escape routes.

The two main components of the simulator are the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport and Berkeley’s 3-D Architectural Walkthrough software.

CFAST is considered the world’s most accurate fire simulation.  The addition of the Walkthrough software provides an in building view from the perspective of a person having to escape a blaze.

As the model becomes more sophisticated, the designers hope to turn it into a training aid for fire departments and building occupants.